Chapter 318

Dane

I stretched on the bed, searching for Aurora with my hands without opening my eyes. But I couldn't feel her. I opened my eyes, squinting as sunlight from the window hit them.

“Babe?” I called, swinging my legs over the bed. I looked around the room, but she wasn't there. I found my clothes on the floor, along with Aurora's robe. I picked it up and sniffed it, a smile touching my lips as I remembered last night—taking Aurora as if it were our wedding night.

I put the dirty clothes in the laundry basket and went to take a bath.

I walked out of my room, the sound of pack children playing filling my ears. Thinking of Tristan and Seraphina, I went to their room, finding it empty. I heard approaching footsteps and turned to see a maid. “Good morning, Alpha,” she said, head bowed.

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I followed his gaze to his bleeding knees. “Of course you’re hurt here too…” I said, my eyes on Tristan.

“Dane… I didn’t mean to…”

I raised a hand to Sera, hoisting Tristan onto my shoulder. Taking her hand, I said, “I’ll be going to the pack doctor.”

Aurora’s jaw dropped. “Pack doctor?” she asked.

“Of course, should I take him to the farmer instead?” I snapped, my voice sharper than intended.

She pursed her lips and shook her head. “I meant, I only need to clean and bandage the wounds; you don’t need to take him to the pack doctor for that.”

I stared at her, my lips clamped shut. Knowing I might say something hurtful, I turned and left with the children.

Does she not care about these kids as much as I do? First, she takes them to the training ground during training hours, then she teaches them a dangerous stunt that injures Tristan, and now she's going to treat it so casually, risking infection?

Has Aurora become such a good Luna and pack leader that she’s forgotten how to care for these children? Has she failed as a mother?

I turned back, seeing her staring. I blinked and looked away, continuing to the pack doctor’s.