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Chapter 23 - Chapter 23: Hypocrisy

When I heard the doctor say not to worry, I breathed a sigh of relief and felt as if I had finally come back to life.

I had felt as if I was drowning since Karl mentioned poisoning.

Now that the doctor had spoken, it reassured me and all that panic and anxiety turned to anger.

I was angry at myself for worrying about that wretch and almost causing me to expose our relationship.

But I was angrier at Valerie. Why did she have to be so weak? Even something that couldn't hurt someone was capable of killing her.

This only made me more disgusted with the mate bond moon goddess had created between us.

How could my mate be so weak?

"Since she is fine, we don't have to worry about Innocent getting into trouble." I said.

I knew that my earlier behavior was shocking to many people in the pack and because I didn't want them to find out about Valerie being my mate, I had to cover it up as my concern for Innocent.

Valerie's POV

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