Chapter 41. Choices

When they were alone, Gael sat down beside the bed.

"It won't be bad, Cybele. I know it sounds like it, but it's not. You'll be sedated, you won't bond with these babies. When you come out of sedation, they'll be long gone and if you want, I can... You could even be pregnant again."

Cybele felt a tear roll down her cheek. She was disappointed.

"You're not even going to let me see my babies' faces?"

"That's to protect you from a greater suffering. That of parting."

Cybele shook her head.

"I don't want to be without my children. Let me go with them. You can visit us."

"No. That's not up for discussion. There is no such possibility. I can't stay away from you and I need to stay here, for Sean. The tribes have discovered that he's Alpha. They idolize our son. I need to protect him. We have to."

"I didn't think of leaving