Chapter 0050
Theodore
The carriage bumped and rocked as we began our journey, and for a while, I let the silence settle between us. Violet didn’t seem bothered at all, humming and working on whatever she was working on. The fragrance of the flowers in her hair mingled with her natural scent and filled the carriage. I looked out the window, turning it all over in my mind, and I still couldn’t understand what exactly she’d done.
Was it really just as simple as getting along with Helena? My gut said it couldn’t have been that easy. More than that, she was completely unfazed by it all, as if she’d known what would happen.
“You’re thinking very loudly,” she said, not looking up. “What is it?”
“How did you do that?” I asked. “How long have you known Tyron and Helena?”
She scoffed. “I just met her yesterday.”
“You’re kidding. Alpha Hayward-”
“He’s a few steps away from adopting you as a younger brother, call him by his name.”
My jaw dropped. “You’re insane.”
She shrugged. “Don’t believe me then.”
“Tell me how you convinced him to help us. He offered me a trade agreement for iron ore.”
She hummed. “What did you do to that man? Not steel?”
I growled. “Just answer the question.”
She rolled her eyes. “I talked to her.”
“That’s it?”
“I know this is foreign to you as you’re not really used to talking to anyone, and you admittedly do make a habit of manipulating people you need things from.” I scoffed. “But really, I just talked to her. We bonded over how ridiculous men are, and then I pulled out my phone to answer a question for her, and we got to talking about technology and Green Valley. It was quite simple.”
“That doesn’t explain Tyron’s generosity.”
She shook her head. “What wouldn’t a man truly in love do to see the love of his life happy?”
I blinked.
“What wouldn’t he pay for that?” She lifted her shoulder. “You can come up with your own answer to the question, but I’m pretty sure he told you why he decided to help you.”
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“You knew he would?”
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“I had a good feeling.” She smiled thinly. “I took the liberty of looking into them and all the pack surrounding you before we left Midnight.”
I narrowed my eyes at her. “And you’ve really never met her before?”
“I went to their mating ceremony, but I didn’t get to meet her personally. No.” A faint smile tugged at the corner of her mouth. “I can’t tell if you’re jealous or in shock.”
“Both. He fixed my carriage and sent us through his territory without charge.”
“His family has always been loyal to the proper line of alpha kings. The only reason they aren’t a noble family is because of petty politics. He doesn’t like you partly because of that.” I set my jaw, nodding. “And… having you as my future wife helped ease that.”
“Yes, along with that ridiculous lie you’ve told your brother and undoubtedly told him.. You’ve given him a chance to see you as a young man, to see himself in you. It goes a long way to softening a grumpy man’s heart.
I shook my head. “You’re amazing. If half the alphas were as crafty as you… we’d have very different country on our hands.”
“I think the day will come,” she said. “Just as soon as a decent man with his head out of his ass becomes alpha king.”
She looked back down at her laptop. “By the way, I invited them to the luna ceremony. You should probably work on that trade agreement before then.”
“Iron for blackstone is pretty straightforward.”
She scoffed and let out a long put upon sigh. “And short term.. Transportation routes are longer lasting.”
“Midnight doesn’t need more transportation routes.
She gestured to the carriage. “Would we have had to spend the night traveling or staying in Dark Forest if you could take the east road to the capital?”
I blinked at her.
“And as Tyron wants Helena to have luna friends, don’t you think he’ll jump at a reason to travel to Midnight while I’m there?”
I thought back to what Tyron said about Helena, the look in his eyes, and shook “You are frighteningly good at this…”
my head.
Perceptive and strategic in a refreshing way, so how had Lucas managed to fool her all those years?”
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Chapter 0050
The kind of bond that you’re just now experience with her… hurt her in to understand.
ways you can’t
can’t begin
