Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 305

"Yes," Carson growls, low, calm, feral.

Aiden scoffs. "You really think war will make anything better?"

"Maybe not at first." Carson scoots closer to the edge of his seat, letting go of me gently in the process. "But eventually."

"When is eventually? Who's going to die before eventually?" Aiden asks.

"We can't live with our tails between our legs because we're afraid of dying. Dying's better than living like this."

Wait, what?

Carson gets up, looking into everyone's eyes. "I'm an alpha, and I'm not leading a scared pack anymore. If they want a fight." He nods towards Aiden. "They'll get one."

Aiden rubs his forehead. Axel darts his eyes between his brothers. When Carson doesn't sit down, I start to panic.

"Where are you going?" Axel suddenly asks, even though no one's moved.

But then Carson says, "I'm just heading out."

I grab his arm before he can start walking. "You're going to fight the packs alone?"

"What? No." He chuckles, looking at me like I'm the crazy one. "I don't have a death wish."

"Then where are you going?" I ask.

He kneels down, taking my hands into his own. Michael watches us from the corner of his eyes, but I try to ignore his mood killing stare (Michael: >.>). All I see are Carson's burning gold eyes, watching back.

"Don't worry," he says. "I'm just going to reinforce the borders." He rests his forehead on mine, rubbing circles into my palms.

"Why don't you just tell them through mindlink?" Axel asks.

Carson's tone sends a chill down my spine. "Because they're going to do it right."

"There he goes." Aiden scribbles on the sheet. "Power trip."

"You called it," Axel and Ethel say in unison.

Whatever it is, it's working. And Carson... Can someone turn the AC on? Can I get a fan in here? I wrap my arms around his shoulders. He rests his head on mine again, breathing in my scent.

Michael clears his throat for the tenth time. "Ahem... Ahem."

I smack his hand away when he tries to poke my cheek, but all too soon, Carson lets go.

When he stands up, Axel says, "Don't go alone, at least."

"Dante's standing guard outside. Bri's watching Shen." Carson shrugs. "I think I'll have to do this one alone."

"Well, be safe, at least," Aiden says, begrudgingly.

"Yeah, yeah." Just as Carson rounds the corner, I get up, following him. I get a few questioning looks, but I ignore them.

"Carson." His amber eyes find my gaze over his shoulder. "Yeah?" He's already at the door. I probably only caught up to him because he let me.

It's one of those moments where you know something needs to be said, but you don't know what to say. I purse my lips and hold his face between my hands, looking into his eyes. There's so much I want to say...