“Auntie Roselyn, you’re leaving too?” Nathan asked in a small voice one morning during breakfast. His spoon stirred idly in his bowl, but he had long forgotten the food in front of him.
Roselyn, who had been sipping her tea, turned to him with gentle eyes. “Why do you ask that, little alpha?”
Nathan’s lips trembled as he looked at her. “Daddy left and hasn’t come back yet… and then Mommy said last night you are leaving too.”
His big eyes filled with tears that clung stubbornly to his lashes.
Roselyn set her cup down and leaned toward him. “Oh, little alpha Nathan, I am not leaving for good. Auntie Roselyn just has to attend a mating ball. But I promise, I’ll come back—and I will return together with your daddy.”
“Really?” Nathan asked, his small voice breaking with hope.
“Yes, really
