Faking Amnesia to Replace Me? Keep Her, I’m Gone. Chapter 07

Faking Amnesia to Replace Me? Keep Her, I’m Gone. Chapter 07

I knew nothing about what was happening in Blackridge.

When the plane landed, snow was falling over Northpine territory.

Alpha Alden Frost was waiting for me outside the airport. He opened his arms and pulled me into a

big hug.

“Welcome home, my dear Seren.”

I hugged him back.

Years ago, during a joint rescue operation in the northern territories, I’d treated injured Northpine

warriors in the middle of a blizzard. That was when Alden met me.

Afterward, he visited Blackridge several times, always keeping the proper distance between

friends.

Until one year, just before we parted, he said only one thing.

“If the day ever comes when you no longer belong to Blackridge, Northpine will always have a place for you.”

He paused.

“And my Luna’s place, too.”

On the drive back, he didn’t ask me a single question.

He only turned to tell me, “I’ve kept a position open for you at the Pack Hospital, too. And I found

you a place nearby.”

I turned to look at him.

“Weren’t you coming to get your Luna?”

Alden was silent for a few seconds, then gave a quiet laugh.

“I came to get Seren.”

“As for being Luna…”

“We’ll talk about that when you truly want it.”

Alden arranged a small cabin in the woods near the Healer Lodge for me.

A vast fir forest stretched behind it.

The next day, I officially joined Northpine Pack Hospital.

Alden knew I’d spent years treating pup trauma and shift disorders, so he recommended me directly to the juvenile wolf therapy unit.

My new life was like rain falling on parched soil, and I settled in quickly.

Alden showed up almost every day.

Other times, he happened to be passing by and drove me home from the hospital.

But he never crossed a line. Even his Alpha scent was always carefully restrained.

In my second week in Northpine, I took on a special pup.

Tobin Frost, Alden’s adopted son.

Tobin’s parents had saved Alden during a rogue attack, but they had died in the process.

Later, Alden adopted him and made him his heir.

Maybe because Tobin had watched his parents die, he never spoke again.

When I first met him, he was curled up in the farthest corner of the Healer Lodge, clutching an old wolf plush.

Anyone who came near him was met with bared teeth.

I didn’t force him.

I simply sat a few steps away from him every day and kept him company in silence.

On the first day, he didn’t look at me.

On the third day, he secretly sniffed my scent.

On the fifth day, he looked up for the first time as I left.

Later, I was kneeling on the floor sorting wooden therapy puzzles.

Tobin suddenly reached out, touched my hair, and pushed one of his favorite blocks over to me.

After that, he looked up whenever I entered the room. He still didn’t speak, but the light had finally

returned to his gray-blue eyes.

Nothing shook me more than the first time he clumsily called me Mommy.

The two words rolled out of his mouth, awkward and unfamiliar. I froze for several seconds before

answering him.

Every time I heard them, a tender ache spread through my chest, as if someone were gently covering an old wound.

I rarely paid attention to news from Blackridge anymore, but the old family Pack group chat was still on my phone.

I muted it.

At first, almost every message was an accusation.

[You really severed the mate bond?]

[Was it really necessary to go this far over something so small?]

[Nessa almost got hurt, and you couldn’t even ask if she was okay?]

Dad sent me a long private message.

[Kieran has been running around looking for you like a madman these past few days.]

[You can throw a fit if you want, but why did you have to sever the mate bond?]

[Seven years of a mate bond, and you ended it just like that. Do you really not feel anything?]

[Elsie has been calling for Mommy ever since she got sick.]

[Seren, she’s only five.]

[Don’t drag the pup into adult problems. Come back and see her.]

I glanced at the messages and turned off my phone without reading any further.

I had a long life ahead of me. I didn’t want to waste another second on things that no longer mattered.

But I never expected Nessa to be the first person to come looking for me.