Chapter 123 | Bonding

Hendrix

Magnolia is suddenly nervous now that I want her to talk. I suppose this whole thing is good for both of us. We need to bond, we need to grow close and be able to trust one another in order to survive the Solstice Pack. In order to survive Emery.

Magnolia rolls onto her back and looks up at the ceiling the same way that I did. She tells me, “I grew up in the Renegade Pack. My parents were the Alpha and Luna and I was meant to take the Alpha title when I came of age. I was an only child so they had no other kids to pass it down to.”

There’s sadness in her voice, like she wished she had a sibling like I do. I ask, “Did it bother you?”

Her eyebrows scrunch together as she thinks about the answer and she says, “It bothered my parents. I know they would never admit it to me, but the people around them had multiple kids and I could see that it bothered them that they didn’t have more than just me. Meanwhile, I felt like I had siblings. I grew up with Charlie and he was like a younge