Chapter 0053


    When he asked me to dance, | stared at his hand for a moment. What is he doing?


    When | collect myself, | put my hand in his. It’s his birthday and nearly the entire pack is here. There’s no way | can say no


    without it bing a huge issue.


    He pulls me into him, sliding his warm hand around my waist, and begins to dance. As | look up at him, | realize something |


    missed earlier. He’s dressed in at shirt that has a trim the same color as my dress. The cor, the cuffs and the trim down the


    buttons all match me. It looks like we are a couple that nned this.


    When | look into his eyes, he is looking right at me, smiling, but I’m not having it. Thankfully, the music will hide our conversation


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    “What is this?” | ask him, stering a fake smile on my face for the crowd.


    “What is what, Cara?”


    “This. This dance. Why me?”


    “It''s my birthday and | get to choose who | dance with, and | choose you.”


    “Yes, but why? You have an entire entourage of women who would have given an ovary for you to ask them to dance but you


    asked me. Why? You didn’t even know who | was an hour ago.


    “| didn’t know who Cara Nelson was, or | didn’t know that you were Cara


    Nelson?”


    “Is there a difference?” | spit the words at him, having difficulty maintaining my smile while we dance and talk.


    If it was possible, his gaze on me became even more intense. “Cara Nelson is the daughter of Lily Nelson. Lily Nelson gave her


    life saving my mother and | when another pack attacked us. | was barely 6 years old at the time, but | remember that day like it


    was yesterday. Cara Nelson is also the daughter of Clint Nelson. Clint Nelson saved my father’s life during that same battle but it


    cost him the use. of his legs due to a massive spinal injury that could not be repaired, even though father brought in the best


    pack doctors from around the world and even some human spinal surgeons to try.”


    my


    My mouth had dropped open a little as | listened. | knew Alpha Anders had tried to help find someone to help my father, but |


    hadn''t realized it was to that extent. “My father has dinner with Clint Nelson every Thursday without fail. | have asked every week


    for as long as | can remember if | could join him for those dinners,


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    but my father insists that that is his time with his friend. And since my father ordered the pack to give Mr. Nelson his privacy, |


    have never been able to visit and pay my respects. So instead, | go with my mother every Thursday to Lily Nelson''s memorial to


    lay flowers and to thank her for her sacrifice.”


    His eyes had gotten darker and | knew that Kai was present for this conversation. The absolute respect that Rik disyed while


    discussing my parents was shared by his wolf. | felt Artemis push forward as well to hear what he was saying and be present for


    this discussion.


    “| thank the goddess every day that my parents and | are alive, which | know is only because of the sacrifice that was made by


    two of the most respected warriors that this pack has ever known. | have hoped to meet Cara Nelson my entire life. | have


    searched for her at every pack gathering, every pack event, at meals and events in the packhouse. But | have never stumbled


    across her.”


    “Believe me,” he states as he continues to slowly spin us around the room, “I have wanted to know the woman that will be my


    Guardian. The woman that will swear her life to protect me when | be Alpha. | want to know who she is, but more


    importantly, | want her to know who | am. | want her to know that | am a man that is worth protecting. That | am a man that is


    worthy of the gift of a Guardian. | want her to know that | will be the kind of Alpha that deserves her respect, someone that she


    will be proud to say she is the Guardian for.”


    +15 BONOS