"You’re going to visit her again?” Kiara asked Forrest, who was getting dressed in his casuals, rather than his usual suit for work. “Yeah. I kind of did promise, after all,” he answered. “Besides, it’s actually nice to be out for something that doesn’t include working, or making plans to be with you. Um… No offense.” Kiara smiled softly at him, understanding well what he meant. “None taken.” A whole week has passed since rescuing Christen. In the time that passed, things have taken quite a turn for Forrest. For starters, to commemorate his part in arresting Damien and his Night Howler mafia, the Beta werewolf was rewarded with a medal to recognize his effort. Although it was really his former pack mates who dealt most of the damage, with the world oblivious to their existence and better off not knowing about them, there were no complaints to him taking that recognition. Besides, he was their soon-to-be Alpha’s mate, whom their current Alpha had finally recognized. Going against e

Why was he here? Was this some kind of test? A game of sort that fits his pleasure or entertainment?Christen didn’t know what to make of it when she saw Forrest walk through those doors. Her mind was just swarming with questions as to why he was here to start with. Was he also a part of this role play? Or was he someone else dressed as him? Considering how devoted he was to his true love, she doubted it was the real man. Why would he ever come to see her?“Ma’am? Ma’am,” the nurse’s call snapped her out of her thoughts. “Are you okay? You seem a little pale.”Christen didn’t know if the concern was false or genuine- though she suspect it to be false- but she was in no mood to bother thinking about it, as she simply nodded her head."And you sure? You know you don't need to hide anything. My job as a nurse is to help my patients however I can. In fact, that is what hospitals are for.”Christen was well aware of what a nurse does, and what hospitals do. However, even if she wanted to s

Forrest became confused by the question asked. “What are you talking about?”“Let me rephrase the question. Did she say anything to you at all while she was panicking earlier? Or make any sort of sound at all?” Raymond asked again.“Do you hear yourself? Of course she-” Forrest stopped right then, thinking back to earlier. As he thought about it, forget not talking to him, Christen didn’t make a single sound at all when she struggled out of his hold. Rather, she barely said a word throughout it all. Breathing and grunting aside, she didn’t make any other sound than those. Heck, he wasn’t sure if she was even grunting at the time. She just barely made a sound.The only time she did speak, though, was when Christian came in and jumped into her arms in a hug. Even then, though, her voice sounded hoarse.“We didn’t see any bruise on her neck, much less a scar of any kind. But it is possible that she went through a great deal of hurt there. So much so, she lost the ability to speak,” Raym

As he left the hospital, Forrest couldn’t help thinking about the expression Christen had. How she kept her son close to her earlier. The look she had at the time? He managed to play it off to Christian earlier in claiming that she was pouting, but if he didn’t know any better… She looked really sad. Afraid, even. And he had a good idea of what.‘Given how she had acted earlier, she must have thought I was going to keep Christian away from her after this visit,’ he assumed.It had to be that. It was clear how much Christen loved her son, despite the fact that he was also son of either Damien or whichever one of the bastard customers had tortured her so. Raymond also said that she was more comfortable being around Christian, speaking to him, over the doctor. Even if the doctor may just be assuming things, he may have been right. ‘But why?’ he had wondered then. ‘Why would she cherish Christian that much if he was forced onto her?’If she had become so scarred and frightened from her t

"I see. So that’s the story,” Keenan sighed, having been told everything from Forrest and Kiara about Christian’s background, as he took a sip of some tea.The three were in the dining room, talking about Christian’s situation while the boy was being occupied by Forrest’s servants. Dinner had long since ended. As they ate earlier, both Forrest and Kiara had a hard time telling Keenan about the boy. Not because they didn’t know how he would take it, as it was more out of concern for the child. Forrest informed his mate of the results Franklin had sent, hoping she would tell her father ahead of time about the boy so they would have this discussion at a better time with a better atmosphere. He did not think he would return to have to explain everything to his former Alpha with his mate.Thankfully for them, as it would turn out, Keenan had a soft side towards kids. A side that was foreign to Forrest, who always remembered Keenan as a stern Alpha wolf to his pack members, even the pups. H