Chapter 70

Kai:

I danced around with my mate, smiling when I saw that she was calm, happy, and content despite everything that we had gone through.

I didn’t know how things were going to be from here, but I knew one thing, I wasn’t going to let Cosimo break her. At least, right now, she was more or less content with everything that was going on and everything that had happened. For now, she was smiling instead of drowning herself in pain for her mother.

I kissed her forehead, letting my lips linger there for a moment as the music stopped before excusing myself to get a drink. Irina smiled and nodded before walking back to mom who was watching us from the table with the only two who refused to accept her at all. Rustem and Yelena.

“You seem to be happy,” Cosimo said, approaching me as I stood in front of the bar, nodding at the bartender to get me a scotch. Cosimo did the same, and I watched as the man brought the two of us our drinks before turning to face the Alpha. With him here, I wasn’t goi