Chapter 132


    Hunter.


    “I need to shift so I can protect my pack and bring Reyna back,” I told my mother, who had just


    persuaded Turner to go change and head to bed. He’d been asking me all day about Reyna’s


    return. I kept making excuses after excuses until I couldn’te up with another lie. So, I left the


    mansion and headed to the woods to shift.


    But I couldn’t reach my wolf once again. It worried me. And the fact that Samuel might know about


    my condition because it started after his people injected something into me was troubling. He was


    aware that my wolf wasn’t waking, and that wasn’t a good sign.


    “Have you tried contacting Reyna again? I called her, but her cellphone has been turned off this


    entire time,” Mom expressed her worry, making me sigh and rub my face in my hands as I sat on


    the couch.


    It had been a tiring day. I tried my best to get in contact with Reyna, but I couldn’t.


    “I did try calling Samuel, but he has me blocked now. I think I’ll head to the roguemunity in the


    morning and confront Samuel myself. There’s no way Reyna isn’t thinking abouting back,” I


    hissed, feeling mixed emotions about Reyna leaving to stay with Samuel.


    “I just hope she’s well. I don’t understand why she wouldn’t be contacting Turner on her own,” my


    mother uttered, expressing the


    same concern as me.


    “That’s what I’m wondering. I get it that she had nowhere else to go in the roguemunity.


    Samuel’s pce might have been the only safe ce, but to not even call Turner again.” I muttered


    as I recalled the day I heard her voice on the phone call where she was asking Samuel toe to


    her in the bathroom.


    I shook my head to avoid thinking about that day and that incident. It didn’t mean anything. I’m sure


    she’ll have a good excuse for it


    “I’ll go visit Samuel’s castle myself,” I muttered as I sighed. I had gathered information about his


    new home, and it bothered me. The castle was old, and how he got to live in it was a mystery.


    From what I knew, the old owner of the castle had to be around but he wasn’t. Samuel got the


    castle for himself and had never even mentioned it to me all this time.


    “But you don’t have a wolf. What if Samuel tries to take advantage of your condition?” Mom asked


    me with concern.


    “Mom! Reyna is there. I must go regardless of the dangers I might face there. I don’t believe that


    Reyna didn’t think about contacti us for Turner, I knew it would be hard for her to even think about


    me. She didn’t love me anymore, and whatever bond we were forming had been diminished after I


    got used of so much crap. But Turner! There was no way she would leave her son for


    anyone.


    “I suggest you take your warriors with you,” Mom said, definitely worried about me, but I was more


    worried about Reyha than anything else.


    “I’ll go see Turner; he must be getting ready for bed,” I sighed as I walked away from my mother to


    climb the stairs and face my s again. His constant asking about his mother had left me feeling


    helpless. She was so far away from me now.


    I wondered if she hated me. Maybe she was finally hating on me and even my son because he has


    my blood in him. No! No way would do that. I had been trying to convince myself that everything


    was fine.


    “Turner, are you asleep?” I peered through the door and asked, noticing the darkness of the room


    and assuming he was already in


    bed.


    “No!” came his little voice from inside, instantly bringing a smile to my l*ps. I don’t know what I


    would do without him.


    “Have you been waiting for your father to tell you a bedtime story?” I inquired, hoping to bring him


    somefort.


    We were all utterly devastated by Reyna’s absence from our lives. I know I was suffering, and there


    was no denying that my son was, too. I have been skipping my meetings and pack business as well


    because I couldn’t concentrate on anything. I seemed to keep remembering the days when I was


    sick and she took care of me. I saw love in her eyes.


    I have left the pack matters in the hands of Jeffery for now.


    “No!” he replied. I entered the room, pulling a chair close to his bed, sitting down, and leaning over


    to kiss his forehead.


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    “Then?” I probed gently.


    “I know you’ve been avoiding me all day. It’s like I’m starting to think that maybe I’m the problem,


    his little voice filled with concern broke my heart.


    I felt an instant pang of guilt as I ran my hand through his hair, our eyes locking.


    “No! I wasn’t avoiding you,” I felt quilty, though in reality. I was trying to evade him. Every time he


    saw me, he would ask when Reyna wasing home. I don’t know when, but I ran out of answers.


    “I know you were. Even mommy is avoiding me now. Am I really a bad child?” his big eyes locked


    onto mine, blinking softly, tears clinging to his eyshes.


    The sight of him like that shattered my heart. No child should ever ask such a question, especially


    one who has been nothing but


    their best self.


    “No! Turner! Your mother isn’t avoiding you, and you are the best son I could ever ask for,” my voice


    didn’t falter, and neither did I. H noticed and sat up in bed. He needed to know he wasn’t the


    problem here, I was. She left the mansion in the first ce because o


    1. me.


    “Then why isn’t mommying back home? She’s never stayed away from me for so long. Turner


    asked, his stare heavy with


    sadness.


    He wasn’t mistaken. The woman who married her ex just to remain close to her son wasn’t even


    attempting to contact her son


    anymore? It didn’t make any sense at all.


    “I know your mother would never neglect to contact you. There is definitely something wrong, and


    I’ll personally visit Samuel in t morning,” finally, I disclosed the truth to my son.


    Hiding from him was causing him stress. He was questioning himself because of our actions, and I


    didn’t want that to happen.