You Wouldn't Dare (Khaos Trilogy Book 1), стр. 76
Can you imagine, she rings here, my own home! Goddess knows how she got this number! But anyway, she rings and asks for me by name! “Can I speak to Amanda, please?”
No Luna, nothing!
To say I was shocked was an understatement. As far as I was aware, Khaos had been searching for his mother for years and she’d always managed to elude him. Yet there she was, completely out of the blue, ringing my packhouse.
We spoke for around an hour the week before Violet went away, and she spun the tale of how she had raised Khaos with love until she just couldn’t do it anymore. I hardly believed that for a second! Men like Khaos didn’t hate the way he did for no good reason! I had been willing to sever all ties with the woman. Heaven forbid I give those wretched friends of mine even more reason to gossip and giggle as I walked past them!
Then Violet rang and said she wouldn’t be returning, in fact, she would be leaving with him for a month! A whole month!
Who knows what sort of nonsense he will plant into her head, given that sort of time alone with her? This overjoyed Nyx, hearing that they will be gone for an entire month and she told me not to worry.
It’s easy for her to say, she hates her son and though I might not always show it, my daughter is the love of my life. I’ve done nothing but try to give her the absolute best and stop her from being led astray. I cannot have her mated to that awful, murderous beast. She would never be able to walk into this pack with her head held high!
Her father is already receiving demands that we banish her should she not see the error of her ways. Things are done in a very particular way here and mating with someone like that is simply not good for the pack politics, it will threaten every single allegiance of ours.
My Violet is a very impressionable young woman - look how easily she was seduced by that no-good Beta offspring, Logan. His death is no great loss at all. Had he left well enough alone I may have found myself able to show a little compassion. Maybe even grieve for him. But I'm afraid he had plans way above his station. And to drag Violet into his schemes to work his way up the pack rank - That wouldn't do. My son is the next Alpha, Violet was always destined to leave this pack and join her Alpha mate elsewhere. If she had mated with Logan, the whole pack would have been thrown into disarray. What would be their place? Imagine, my Violet… no longer a Luna. The best she would have been able to hope for is to be the mate of a Beta! I'd rather see her dead!
Anyway, forgive my ramblings. As it turns out, I really can have my cake and eat it too. Nyx has come up with the most wonderful plan, it's almost a pity I didn't think of it myself! We have a whole month to enjoy ourselves and as the saying goes, whilst the cats away, the mice shall play...
Chapter 23
The First Two Weeks
Violet
The first two weeks flew by in an incredible whirlwind, with Khaos attending to my every need.
When I woke up with cravings, he drove me to the nearest store to find them, no matter the time. He introduced me to everyone as his wife, and surprisingly this didn’t bother me. It was nice to not know anyone, to pretend that we were just an ordinary couple and not the leaders of a fierce wolf pack. It even turned into a fun game for us, to see who was quicker off the mark with introductions that would set the scene for our characters.
Khaos definitely won this when he pretended we were cowboy outlaws, complete with a perfect cowboy accent and shouting, “howdy, partner!” to every passer-by on the street. People had crossed the road to avoid us, scared of Khaos and the ridiculous stories he had told. He could shoot the seeds off his father’s fingertips by the time he was five, he said. The poor shop owner had nearly fainted when Khaos had laughed, using his hand to imitate a gun, blowing on the tips of his fingers when he had finished. We really did have a lot of fun, and it allowed me to see more of Khaos’ playful side. The person he would have been had everyone not tried to destroy him as a young boy.
Even though he was trying to have fun with me, to make this getaway special, I couldn’t help but feel guilty. I had taken Khaos away from his pack, and I knew that they needed him. He had tried to put my mind at ease, telling me he had never been selfish before, so he deserved it.
He had laughed when I raised my eyebrows at that and told me yes; he had been selfish, but only for his pack. He had taken from others to ensure that his pack could grow. But he had never been selfish for himself. He was going to spend the next month with me alone, no matter what. The pack had never had a serious attack before now and he doubted that him being away would mean that an attack was imminent. They had the best warriors, and he was confident they knew how to defend themselves. Was he not owed one measly, selfish month after nearly a decade of dedication without a break?
I could hardly say no.
When my morning sickness kicked in, he held my hair back and gently stroked my back. He distracted me with tales of his pack and even had