My Cheating Mate (Emma and Jeremy) novel Chapter 262

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Chapter 262

“That’s-that’s frustratingly non-violent,” I said.

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“Yes. But it’s also how we actually win long-term.” He paused. “Connor, Grace is safe. Lord Castellan is home healing. The Preservation Front is broken. Elena Frost is in custody facing Council judgment. Marcus Darie and Thomas Vex are dead. We’ve done everything we can with force. Now we win by-by living. By Grace being happy with you. By Lord Castellan recovering and returning to family dinners. By proving every day that integration works.”

He was right. I hated that he was right, but he was.

“Alpha Jeremy,” I said carefully. “What Elena said about future generations. About Grace’s children not knowing traditional pack structure. That’s-that’s not actually a bad thing, is it?”

“No. It’s evolution. It’s growth. It’s the natural result of families choosing love over arbitrary rules.” He smiled slightly.” Connor, my future grandchildren-yours and Grace’s children-they’re going to grow up in a world where Uncle Cas teaching them about vampire history is as normal as pack training. Where integration isn’t a political statement, it’s just-life. Elena sees that as loss. I see it as progress.”

“Grace will be a good mother,” I said. Then realized what I’d said. “I mean-eventually. We’re eighteen. We’re not-I’m not-”

“You’re newly mated and thinking about the future. That’s normal.” Alpha Jeremy’s smile widened. “Connor, no pressure. But yes, when you and Grace eventually have children, they’re going to grow up in the integrated world we’ve been building. And Elena’s right about one thing-they won’t understand why species separation ever existed. To them, having a vampire great- uncle will be as normal as having wolf grandparents.”

“That’s that’s beautiful,” Victoria said quietly. “Lord Castellan would love that. Being great-uncle to the next generation. Teaching them the same way he taught Grace.”

On the screen behind us, Elena still sat in the interrogation room. Still smirking. Still believing her ideology was immortal even though her organization was destroyed.

“Two weeks until her Council hearing,” Alpha Jeremy said. “Then she’s the Council’s problem. Our problem is making sure Grace and Connor can actually build the future Elena’s so afraid of.”

“Grace is already building it,” I said. “She paints integration. Advocates for rehabilitation. Shows mercy to people who attacked her. Alpha Jeremy, your daughter is-she’s the best argument against everything Elena believes.”

“I know. I’m very proud of her.” He looked at me seriously. “Connor, take care of her. Not just physically. Emotionally. Grace has been through trauma with the knife attack and the assault and worrying about Lord Castellan. She’s strong but site’s also eighteen and processing a lot. Be there for her.”

“Always,” I promised. “Alpha Jeremy, I’m not going anywhere. Grace is my mate. My future. My everything”

“Good. Because she deserves someone who sees her that way.” He moved toward the exit. “Now let’s go home ter Elena sit with her smirk and her ideology. We have family dinners to get to and a vampire lord to check on and a future to keep building

We left Elena Frost in her interrogation room.

Left her to her smirk and her certainty and her belief that ideology was immortal

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no understanding of why that was supposed to be controversial.

And that-that was victory

The kind Elena Frost could nevertake away.

No matter how hard she tried.

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