Page 32 of My Mate

“You’re angry,” Lucinda said.

“I want you to tell me who would dare attack my son!” Klaus finished with a final roar.

Lucinda shook her head. “You know that is not what I can do.”

“Damn it, Lucinda, I’m getting tired of all these games. Dex is my son. He is the heir to this pack. He is all I have left to secure the pack’s survival.”

“And he will live on,” Lucinda said, as she turned to look at Dex and gave him a tut. “I told you he wouldn’t be happy.”

“That is not a conversation you had with me,” Dex said.

Lucinda frowned. “Huh, that’s right. Another reality.” She laughed. “Look at me, getting everything confused. She turned toward Klaus but the laughter died. “I showed him what I could without bringing risk to his life.”

“He’s going to die.”

“No, depending on all parties, he might die. It is a possibility. Casey is so consumed with turning into a wolf. Shedoesn’t know her place within the pack, but soon you will all see.”

He noticed Lucinda kept touching her stomach.

Dex frowned. “Are you trying to tell us that Casey is pregnant?”

Lucinda gasped. “Why would I do such a thing?” But then, she winked at him, as if they were sharing a secret.

Casey hadn’t been pregnant in the vision.

“Our future has changed,” Dex said.

“Maybe, maybe not, but I would say you need to go to Casey and tell her to start enjoying more waffles. The kid is going to enjoy them.”

Dex looked from Lucinda to his father.

His dad waved at him. “Go, go on, go to her.”

He didn’t even look back but went toward his pregnant mate.

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“I thought you said you didn’t lie,” Klaus said, turning toward the witch he wanted to throttle.

He liked Lucinda. She was a rare, nice witch, and using all those words in one sentence never suited a witch. He’d met his fair share of nasty ones over his lifetime.

“I didn’t lie, but I gave him hope, and in doing so, it might help him to enjoy what is … happening.”

“You were going to say what life he has left?” Klaus asked.

She pressed her lips together.

He couldn’t bring himself to cry, but the thought of losing his son was more than he could bear.

“You told me, looking into the future, giving anyone the chance to change theirs, runs the risk of throwing everything out of balance, and yet here you are, sharing the future with him. Why?”

“Dex’s path is still not decided.”

“Should I kill Casey?” Klaus asked. Dex would hate him, and it would cause them a few problems, but at least his son would remain alive.

“Dex has brought this upon himself,” Lucinda said quietly.

“What?”

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