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mother to our office and because my aunt had raised me well, I let her enter the room first. She stopped inside the room and looked at the double desk.
“Really?” she asked.
“What?”
“Isn’t that a bit much? The two of you couldn’t have separate desks she asked me. I indicated the visitor’s chair and walked around the desk to take my place. I looked at the empty place next to me and wished it weren’t empty.
“It’s not too much. I ordered this desk when we built the pack house. I have always known what kind of relationship I wanted to have with my mate. With Amie by my side, that idea just makes even more sense,” I told her. She had taken a seat and looked tense.
“Well, your father and I never needed such a thing. The Alpha’s office was his domain. I didn’t need an office.”
“We do things differently. I value Amie’s advice and I enjoy having her close.”
“She does seem to have taken to her role as Luna, not even you objected when she sent us in here,” my mother remarked.
“Why would I? I know she did it for my sake, and that brings me to why we are here. We need to talk.” It had been years since my mother and I had sat down and talked with no one else present. It was sad that I couldn’t even remember when it was or what we had said.
“Please enlighten me. Is this where you ask me and Sarah to stay in the pack? I don’t think that would be in Sarah’s best interest,” she asked. She caught me off guard and I let a chuckle escape me.
“That wasn’t what I wanted to talk about. Luckily, you said no. If you had said yes to your own invitation, this would have been awkward,” I told her.
“Why wouldn’t you invite us to stay? We are your family. I have heard you had Amie’s parents stay for an entire month.”
“Well, that brings me to what I wanted to talk about. You say we are family, but you haven’t once asked how Amy is, despite knowing what she went through only days ago. You haven’t even mentioned we are having a pup, you haven’t congratulated us. It’s your first grand pup and you act like they don’t exist,” I told her. I sounded bitter, and it left a foul taste in my mouth. But I needed to come clean about how I felt.
“It’s a sensitive subject for Sarah,” my mother said. I shook my head in disbelief.
“I’m not asking you to rub it in her face. Both Amie and I understand that she is going through losing her mate and her pack. Can you honestly say that since you got here there hasn’t been a single moment where you could have pulled Amie and me to the side to talk? Just for a minute or two? Heck, you could have said something as you and I walked here, or after we sat down, but you still haven’t. I know I was never your favourite. That’s fine. Well, not really, but I could deal with it. Now you are doing the same to Amie as you did to me when I was a pup. Sarah is getting all your attention and Amie is being shut out. I’m not saying Sarah doesn’t need your support right now, but Amie does too. I thought you liked her? At the Games it seemed as if you were happy to have her in the family.” I vented all of my frustration in one go.
“I do like Amie. She is a good wolf and she is what you need. I’m happy for both of you,” my mother said. It sounded like a pre- recorded message.
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Thank you, mother. Do you know how embarrassed I am by the way you treat her? You mentioned Amie’s parents, and yes, they stayed for a month. Since the first time I spoke with them, they have treated me with respect and kindness. Since finding out I was their daughter’s mate, they have more or less adopted me as part of their family. When they stayed with us her dad took me out and talked to me about being a father. Her mom made sure to find out I like sweet tea made with lime. Each morning there was a freshly made pitcher waiting for me in the fridge and she would scold both Amie and her father if they snuck a glass of it. They treat me like a son. And what does Amie get? She gets to be ignored by my mother. That is embarrassing and I won’t put her through it. She deserves more,” I told my mother and took a deep breath. The more I thought about it, the more upset I got. “Will it be the same with our pup? If I let you meet them will you ignore them? Will you compare them to the imaginary pups Ryan and Sarah could have had and always find mine lacking? Because if so, you will never set foot anywhere near them.” My mother watched
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“So that is why the two of you didn’t have time for me? Why aunt Matilda had to step in and raise me?” I asked.
“Is that why Ryan didn’t join the Games that year?” I asked.
“You were always strong, both physically and mentally. We knew you’d be fine.” As I listened to my mother, I laughed. It wasn’t a cheerful laugh, it was a hollow one.
“What a mess you and father made of things. In the end this whole mess is on your shoulders. Just because my father couldn’t accept that his second son was stronger than his firstborn. That is why you have always stuck to Ryan, no matter how much me and aunt Matilda have asked you to join us,” I said.
“How could I leave him when I was responsible for what he had become? I couldn’t give up on trying to fix it. Now I take care of Sarah because she has suffered at the hands of your brother. Not like the other females of the pack. No, your brother would never let another man lay with his mate. But the things he told her, the way he kept her locked in the pack house. That is why I put all my energy on her. Amie is strong, just like you. You will be fine without me.”
“Has it ever occurred to you to give me love and attention just because I would like it? Not because I needed it to survive? Do you think Amie needs me to carry around fruits and snacks like a vending machine? Do you think she needs me to protect her from all unknown wolves? No! She is capable of walking to get her own snack I have seen her take down full grown werewolves like it was
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nothing. I don’t do those things because I have to. I do them because I love her and it is my way of showing her I love her.” My mother looked at me like I had said something that changed the way she looked at the world, maybe I had.
“I never thought of it that way,” she said.
“It’s clear you didn’t.” I sighed. “It’s okay mother. I don’t expect you to change. We have been trapped in this relationship for too long. I just needed to get this off my chest. As a bonus I got insights I didn’t have. Thank you for that. You and Sarah are welcome to stay the week as planned. I can see she is weary around me, which is understandable. I won’t force her to be around me. I suspect Amie has a plan for where you can go after the week is over. Thank you for talking to me, but I think I need to head back to my mate. I have been gone far too long,” I said and stood up. My mother walked to the living room with me. I smiled as I saw how happy Amie got over the fruit cup I had brought her. The little things, the small gestures of love, were my favourites. I would do my best to make sure she knew every day how precious she was to me. As we headed out for our walk, she nudged my arm. I got the hint and put it around her.
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