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“I love you,” I exhaled, eyelashes wet with tears. “You came back to me.”

My finger went to trace the curve of his jaw, like I’d done so many times before.

“I will always come back to you,” Aiden replied fiercely, arms going around to clutch me against him before he kissed me.

Exhausted and immensely happy, we made love again. And I fell asleep tangled in Aiden's arms, his hands splayed across my stomach as if trying to protect the growing life inside of me.

Chapter 66

“I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

Rose's POV

“It is possible that Aiden’s marking is what opened the block of memories,” Dr. Danvers said, going over my reports and brain scans. He looked up at me intently;I was holding Aiden’s hand happily as we sat in the doctor's office. “The brain is a powerful thing. You didn’t want Alistair going through your mind so your subconscious purposefully locked parts of your mind away to protect the memories from him.”

“But why the entire previous year?” I queried. “It’s an oddly specific amount of time when I think about it…” I trailed off.

“One of the things you wanted to hide was the details of yours and Aiden’s relationship?” Dr. Danvers inquired, peering at me intently over the bridge of his nose. “More specifically, you didn’t want him to realize you were pregnant.”

I nodded. I’d already told them that Lexia had lied to Alistair about Aiden being intimate with me. In hindsight, I suspected that Lexia had knownI was pregnant. I shared my suspicions with Aiden who had acknowledged that it was a definite possibility. And even though he didn’t like it, I made him realize that he owed Lexia for trying to protect me and his unborn child from Alistair.

Dr. Danvers’ eyes trailed to Aiden. “You returned the same month Rose’s memories were wiped back to. Maybe…maybe it was her mind’s way of completely erasing you? The two of you must have interacted at some level upon Alpha Aiden’s return,” Dr. Danvers stated the words carefully.

“We saw each other at the diner,” I said in realization. I turned to look at Aiden. “My brain specifically blocked out everything regarding you in case Alistair picked up on something. I was in so far over my head,” Iconfessed. “And with the whole mess with Evercore, I think I was also afraid there might be something in my memories that might tell him where the report was.”

I’d already discussed with Aiden the entire story about Evercore. He told me he was just as clueless as I was, stating his father hadn’t left anything alluding to Evercore or an EIA report anywhere in his study.

“Plus you wanted to protect the information that you were pregnant,” Dr. Danvers added gently. “So your brain went into auto-pilot mode, locking away things that were deemed sensitive information. And the most effective way was to just erase the entire past year.”

“One of the most wonderful years of my entire life,” I said quietly.

I looked over at Aiden affectionately.

But Aiden looked at me grimly. “If you ever risk your life like that again, I’ll go insane. I don’t think my heart could stand it again.”

“I love you, Aiden, but we have a responsibility to our pack,” Ireplied. “That's why I’m the luna and you’re the alpha. Risking our life for the pack is kinda part of our job description.”

“It’s my job description, not yours,” Aiden retorted impulsively. “You’re supposed to let me and my warriors protect you because everyone knows I’ll go crazy if anything happens to you.”

“You can’t expect me to just sit by and not help. Doing things for the good of the pack is important." I leaned back in my chair, crossing my arms.

“Then maybe I’ll quit being the alpha because nothing is more important than you, Rose,” Aiden spoke with flames in his eyes.

I opened my mouth to argue but Dr. Danvers cut in to stop our argument. The weary doctor must have already realized that arguing was apparently an integral part in his alpha and luna's relationship. And Dr. Danvers guessed it right. Because some people talked through their feelings, but not me and Aiden. And even though this might be, to an extent, therapeutic for us, we stopped our argument to not make Dr. Danverswitness a shouting match between us in his office.

“In other news, the witch healer has arrived. She’s examining young Dylan as we speak. Afterwards, she wished to speak with the alpha.”

“Took her long enough,” Aiden responded churlishly, easily changing the topics to avoid fighting with me. “She was supposed to come in January. It’s March now.”

“Well, she wanted to come sooner but got held up with something,” Dr. Danvers mumbled. He looked around the room with shifty eyes. “I’ll let her explain.”

I had expected an old lady with possibly a few warts on her nose. Aria, the witch healer, was anything but old. She looked to be in her early thirties and had midnight black hair with purple streaks. She was busty and tall, seeming to tower over me.

Tony couldn’t keep his eyes off Aria's huge chest.

“I’m sorry for the delay,” Aria admitted, her kohl-rimmed eyes wide and apologetic. “I had some things to take care of and the previous luna’s sister told me that you…” Her eyes landed on me. “…could help me.”

Aria took out what looked to be a small, wooden grandfather clock.