Chapter 155
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“Are you jealous?”
“No, Brady. I was actually grateful when my parents told me about her. I was hoping that you being with someone else meant that you had moved on and that you and I could be friends.”
I did not say anything.
Evelyn sat down again. “Clearly I was wrong. You are not ready to be friends. Fine. Let me just jump right
into what I wanted to talk to you about.”
“Okay, and what is that?” I asked, forcing the coldness back into my voice.
“Two things. One, I wanted you to hear it from me and not Sammy. I am pregnant.”
Her words felt like they shoved a dagger into my heart. “Wow. Congratulations.”
“Thank you. Andrew and I are really happy. We are having a baby boy, due in early summer. We plan to
tell Sammy when we get back to Canada.”
“What… what is the second thing?”
“This is the hard one:
Telling me that she was pregnant with another male’s baby wasn’t the hard one?
“I know that our original plan was that Sammy would come and live with you full-time when he turns 16,
but I would like us to talk about whether that is still a good idea.”
“Why v
wouldn’t it be? Sammy is my heir. He belongs here.”
Evelyn sighed and started to wring her hands. “Because Andrew and I would like Sammy to make his
own choice when it comes to his future.”
“His own choice about what? He is my heir. He will take over Black Moon, just like I took over for my
father.”
“What if… what if he would rather stay up in Canada with us?”
“Why would he want to stay up in Canada?”
“Because his family is there.”
“His family is here, too, Evelyn.”
“But Andrew and I will be up there. And his baby brother as well.”
“And he can go and visit you all whenever he wants just like he has been visiting me up until this point.
But he will be alpha here. He will not want to give that up.”
“He could be alpha up there, too, Brady.”
“What? How?”
“Our luna just gave birth to her fifth pup, a little female. That makes five female pups for them. The alpha and luna are happy and overwhelmed with their litter, and they do not want to try for a male pup
anymore. That means that the pack will need to select an alpha heir, preferably from the beta line. The alpha suggested to Andrew and I that, because Sammy has alpha blood, Sammy could be the future alphal
and our new pup could be the beta heir.”
I
“SAMMY HAS ALPHA BLOOD BECAUSE HE IS MY HEIR! An alpha cannot just claim another alpha’s heir
as his own!”
Whatever longing I had for Evelyn minutes ago was quickly converting to pure, 100% anger. How could she even think this was a good idea, much less say it out loud? What was she thinking?
“No, but Sammy can choose it if he wants to. He can forfeit his right to be your heir and take on the role
in Canada.”
“NO!”
“Brady, please calm down.”
“NO! YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TAKING AWAY THE RIGHTFUL HEIR TO THE BLACK MOON PACK!
ABOUT TAKING MY SON AWAY FROM MEI”
“No. I am talking about a decision that is almost a decade away from having to be made. A lot of things
can change between now and then.”
“Why are you bringing it up now then?!?!?!!?!”
“Because we are going to
art talking to Sammie about the possibility of it, just like you already talk to
him about him potentially being alpha here. We want him to grow up knowing that he has options. And
have time to… create your own heir.”
hecause… because I want to make sure y
“I HAVE MY OWN HEIR, EVELYN! MY HEIR IS-SAMMY!”
“It will be Sammy’s choice, Brady. Not yours, not mine. Sammy’s.”
“And I am sure you will not try to influence that decision at all, will you, Evelyn?” I said sarcastically.
Evelyn did not say anything.
The longer she stayed silent, the angrier I got.
“GET OUT!”
Evelyn stood and walked towards the door. “I am sorry that you are hurting, Brady, but I think you will see
in time that this might be the best thing for everyone.” T
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