Chapter 110

My mom sobbed into his chest. “Don’t say that, Gav. I am so sorry. I betrayed you.”

He forced her face to meet his. “Look at me, Ain. Never say that. This isn’t on you. Everything for the last seventeen years—everything that happened—was because of them and my decisions. And I realized that a long time ago. I never blamed you, not once.”

“Gav, how can you say that?” She closed her eyes. “I can’t imagine…”

My dad looked at her and gave her a soft smile. “Can’t imagine what?”

“Why would you forgive me after everything? I treated you so badly. I had to do—”

My dad covered her mouth with his hand. “You did what you had to do to keep our pup safe, just like I did what I had to do to keep you safe.”

“Gavin, you can’t mean that.” My heart broke at her words. How could she not see just how much he loved her?

He leaned in and kissed her lips softly. “I love you, Ainsley. I never stopped loving you. I didn’t blame you for anything before, and then when Amy told me the truth, I felt like I was dying. I never ever blamed you.” He wrapped his arms around her. “I am so fucking sorry, baby.” She wrapped her arms around his back and clutched at him, like she was afraid this was all a dream.

“How did you get here so quickly?” He looked down at me, where I was on the floor.

“When you called about Carl, I had the urge to come here. Once Carl got there, he had a vision that I was needed here. So I took the plane back and got a room at the closest hotel.”

“The pack?”

“Ronnie and Tina have me covered.”

I just nodded. “How long are you here for?” I stood and took the kettle back to the makeshift kitchen. I busied myself around the cabin, trying not to interfere with their reunion. “Dad?”

“What? Huh?” My dad looked away from my mother’s face and back at me.

“How long are you here for?”

“Just today. Carl said I had to leave you both after this meeting, or else bad things would happen.”

“No.” My mom clutched at him harder. “You can’t leave me again. I just got you back.”

“I won’t. I would never leave you.” He hugged her close. “But I can’t stay. It would cause a war. And you need to get a divorce.” My mother hung her head in shame, but my father just pulled her head up and kissed her. “You never have to be ashamed about anything between us.”

I watched my mother gather herself, and then she released my dad. “I’m okay,” she shook her head and stepped back. “You’re right. We have a lot we have to do before we can fix our lives.” We both sat there and saw her smile wobble, but we just nodded.

My dad turned to me. “Have you started learning the computer yet?”

“No, but I had an idea, one that might make this easier.”

“What?”

My mother came back to his side, and he slid his arm around her waist. I just smiled.

“I was away, so I haven’t picked my program at university yet.”

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“What?” My dad furrowed his brows.

“How is that even possible?” My mom looked confused.

“Well, since Vince took over as the Dean last year, there has been a backlog, and while I was away at Dad’s, the university admissions finally reached out for a decision. But I explained I was away and would select my courses when I came back.”

“What the hell has Vince done to the school?” My dad growled but then shook his head. “Whatever, we can fix it once we figure out the truth. The King wants this as top priority.”

“The King? You’re talking to the King again?” My mom turned to my dad and gripped his arm. “What if…”

“We talked it all out. He knows I had nothing to do with his dad’s death, but now he’s more determined to find out who is.” He turned back to me. “Which reminds me… he wants you to call him.”

“Who?” My mom looked back at me and I grimaced.

“Rowan,” I whispered.

“Are you saying the King, King Rowan, the Lycan in any way fucking normal?” My mother screeched, and my dad and I covered our ears. “Wants my daughter to give him a call like that?”

“Um… yes.” My dad’s answer was very detailed. I rolled my eyes.

“How did he even come to know about you, Amy?”

“I called him.” I bared my teeth in an awkward smile.

“What the fuck are you even saying?” My mother pointed to the sofa. “Sit and tell me everything.”

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I dropped onto the sofa with both my parents looking down at me. My father mouthed the word sorry, but I just hipped him off and he laughed. “Now spill.”

“Well, you already know the beginning of the story. I woke up in the past, you sent me to Dad’s hoping he could figure something out to help me. Dad came clean, told me about our powers, and I started training.”

“She also started female warrior training back up,” My dad pointed out, but my mom glared at him over her shoulder.

“What do you mean ‘back up’?”

I watched him gulp, and then he rubbed the back of his head. “I was missing you, and I had hoped that you still had friends in the pack.”

“I cut everyone off, Gav. It was too hard.”

My dad nodded. “Amy told me this summer. If I had known the truth, I would have stopped when I still had a semblance of control over the situation.”

“Gavin Michael Maclean, what did you do?”

“I gave the order to stop everything you were supposed to oversee in hopes your duty as a Luna would push you to come back. Even if you hated me, I would still have you as my Luna.” He gave an awkward smile as my mother’s mouth dropped open.

“What did you do?” It was like she couldn’t believe him.

“I thought you would come back.” He looked away.

“When?” she whispered.

“Two years after you left.” She hit him over and over in his arms. “Ow, I’m sorry! I thought you still had friends there, and I didn’t know.”

“Gavin, how could you do that to the women?”

“To everyone. They didn’t even know how to talk to their wolves…” I pointed out and my dad shot me a quick glare, but I smiled at him.

My mother choked. “Oh my sweet goddess.” She dropped her hands. “Those poor pups.” She pointed a finger at my father. “I don’t know how long this will take, but when I get back there, so help me and the goddess, you will help me rebuild my school.”

“You will come back?” My father’s hopeful question had her tirade ending prematurely.

“Of course, I’m coming back. You’re my mate.”

“Four years,” I called out.

“What?” Both my parents turned to me.

“It will take four years for us to come back to the pack. But we can also take summer trips, just the two of us, around the world, but in reality, we are just coming back home.”

My dad shook his head. “Although I would love to have you both every summer, Vince has spies. Every Alpha does.”

My mom turned to my dad and grabbed his arm. “What about here?”