Bullied Mate: Single Dad Shifter Romance (Silverdawn Wolves Book 7) by Layla Silver

Author:Layla Silver [Silver, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14 - Galanthia

Similarly to Xavier, I wasn’t excited about being assigned to his group. Sadie was a good buffer for us, and yet Sadie was also unfairly and squarely situated in the middle. It would have been far more thrilling for her to be locked in a perpetual staring battle with Izdor. That was if she even knew that Izdor existed—and that he liked her so much he talked about her all the time.

The child’s safety was more important than my nonsensical emotions. Three days had passed since I’d told Xavier I didn’t want to see him again. Emergencies were always the exception, though I was disappointed that it hadn’t been much longer. I had barely gotten him out of my system. Now I was being forced to be around him.

It seemed like Raven had done it on purpose.

Gossip had spread around the neighborhood like weeds. Everybody had an opinion about my coupling with Xavier—Raven and Claire included. Though I felt much safer being around Claire than I did anyone else when it came to the matter.

At least she was sweet about her jabs. Never did a bitter word pass her lips about the whole thing. She spoke highly of her son, called him an idiot, and praised me for putting up with so much.

“You should be rewarded,” she’d told me last time I was there. “You should get a medal for dealing with that trainwreck.”

I had laughed so much that my sides ended up hurting. When asked why she considered her son both a triumph and a trainwreck, she’d replied coolly that she had never seen him so upside down about a woman.

That bond was sacred to me. With Claire, of course, it would always be sacred. She was a phenomenal woman with a lot to say, and very little time to express it. It made me feel better to ease her pain, and it seemed to erase some of the irritation left behind by her son. I made sure to visit her early in the morning and later in the afternoon than when Xavier typically showed up.

Bethany helped me time my visits. There had been a couple of close calls when I’d had to sneak out the back door, but the nurse knew just how to get Xavier talking. Last I was there, I’d been stuck in the yard while staring through the living room window, engrossed by her forward flirtations.

Heat bubbled in my solar plexus while my fists curled. “Damn her.”

Sadie widened her eyes. She had been squinting at the ground. “What’s that?”

“Nothing, dear,” I replied gently. “I was just thinking about where I would go if I were a child.”

“He’s a little boy, so he might try to find a place to hide.”

Xavier hopped between us, unfortunately reminding me of the fact that he was there. “Where would you hide?”

He was looking at me while asking Sadie the question.

Odd, but I allowed him to be odd because his son was missing.

Sadie motioned around. “I don’t know.

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