Chapter Twenty–Seven: Cassiel Aldric
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I never sleep in, I’ve got too much work to actually allow myself more than ofur hours of sleep. It’s not enough but once a year i treat myselg with a week off where i do nothing but catch up on sleep and pray that my pack doesn’t catch fire while I’m away.
So today was a rarety for me. It wasn’t my choice to be very honest. But when i told my new friend aurielle that i was going to be
busy, she pointed out that if i crashed one day from over working my pack would fall into the hands of someone who would likely
ruin my hard work. That haunted me.
I love my half brother but he’s a party boy. He takes being my beta seriously but nothing else. He spent our youth drinking and partying, and getting into so many fights.
It’s a miracle he’s alive.
The thought or dying one day and having him run my pack since i have no children was a nightmare to me. So i made myself clock
off my duties early–eleven pm, that was the best i could do- and i went home to sleep.
Now I’m up at seven am and i feel well rested. All those talks about sleep really worked.
Truthfully, aurielle isn’t the first person to tell me i needed to rest. But she was the first one i listened to.
Something about her eyes, and the way she’d said it made me want to take her advice.
Aurielle is amazing. She’s funny. Charming, and my wolf likes her- which is a rarer than me sleeping. But he liked her. She’s
married, and I’m not planning on hitting on a married woman.
That would be rude.
I will admit that I’m happy she’s getting divorce. Matthias didn’t seem like a good fit.
Not saying he’s a bad alpha, but aurielle hasn’t had a smile on her face once while she talked about her divorce. And to have this
guy’s child? That poor girl.
I waited for my coffee to finish brewing, I’m being slow today. Very odd for me. But welcomed. Sometimes it’s good to take a
moment to breathe.
My cell rang in that moment, and i answered it without checking the caller ID.
“Cassiel?”
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sweet tone that came out of the device made me stare at the phone. She’s beautiful in person. So beautiful. It’s
hard to focus when i wonder how she ended up married with a tacky ring on her finger. She deserves diamonds.
“Yes? How are you aurielle?”
“I’m good. I wanted to pick your brain on something.”
“Go on.” i placed the call on speaker so i could make my coffee and breakfast while she spoke.
“I need to plan for my life after my divorce. I don’t have any money to my name, besides what my husband gave me to prior to me
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asking for a divorce. I don’t have a job, i never finished a degree….. i mean i did. In business management but who the hell is that
gonna help in this economy.”
I chuckled, and it made her laugh.
“I just don’t know what to do. And i need to make some plans, where I’m gonna live. Caring for a baby also isn’t cheap. And i don’t want to be confined to another pack.”
Damn, i would have asked her to join mine if she hadn’t said that.
“Any advice?”
I like that she can trust me with sensitive topics.
“Well, there’s a neutral ground where the council resides. I mean, most of them are retired alphas. They don’t live in their packs anymore. I’ve got a house there as a gift, but i don’t use it much. If you’re willing to pay rent you could reside there. And you can get a job in any of the nearby packs-” preferably mine. “And come back to your freedom each night. It could be temporary. I mean, everything here is belongs to a certain pack. You’d need to move out of the entire area to get away from them.”
She hummed, then blew a breath that made me think she was tired. It’s early, didn’t she sleep well?
“You mean it, right? I can pay rent and you won’t barge in like you own the place?”
I snickered, surprising myself. “I’ve never used the place. It’s for people who don’t like packs, and retired betas and alphas who want to get away from it all. They’ve formed a community. You can buy things, get a nanny. It’s the kind of peace my life doesn’t
have. I keep the house for my retirement when I’m forty something.”
She gasped. “You’re retiring at forty? That’s too young. My father was a beta until… well until they made him stop.”
I stifled a laugh. “Well when do you think i should retire? After I’ve had a kid and a wife?”
“I wouldn’t know. Marriage is… complicated. Retire once you’ve done all you can do for your pack. I’m sure it’s stressful being an
alpha.”
It is. And it’s also kind of lonely. I live at a six bedroom mansion. A gift as well. I got into being an alpha early after my parents murder. And my half brother was chaotic despite being the oldest. The pack needed someone to man up, and when i did i was
given the mansion as gratitude.
People built it for me, not a dime of mine was spent. Just to show their thanks. For what?
For giving up my childhood and chances of partying it up?
“Cassiel, are you okay?”
I thought about the many ways i could answer this, and went for the truth. “Not really. I could use some company.”
“Well, I’d love to offer you some, and see that house as well?”
I grinned. “I’ll pick up at noon.”
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“Sounds great.
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The call ended after that but i was left thinking about it. Thinking about…. her.
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