The Wife Who Rode Her Black Panther Husband Daily Didn’t Know His Child Was A Leopard Chapter 10
I opened my mouth to explain.
But no words came out.
I couldn’t make sense of it at all.
One minute she was a black panther cub, the next
a leopard?
Who the hell set me up?
We stood frozen in place.
A shifter rushed in to fetch Kael for urgent clan
business.
I grabbed his arm before he could leave.
His eyes lit up, soft and hopeful as he looked
down at me.
“Where did you take Zara?”
“Give her back to me!”
He heard the fear in my voice, his face going blank
before he laughed bitterly.
“You think I’d hurt her?”
“Hurt my own daughter? Lira, do you even have a
heart?”
“The first word both girls ever said was ‘Daddy‘–to
- me.
They’re mine for life.”
“Don’t dye their fur anymore, and don’t lie to me.
I’d never hurt them.
They’re your babies.”
He turned and left, only saying, “The girls are with
the admin.”
His back looked cold and alone.
I hurried after the other shifters toward the executive office to find Zara.
The small leopard in my arms shifted back to
human in a panic.
“Mom, I’m right here! You don’t have to look!”
At the same time, Mia skipped over, holding a
butterfly.
She held it out like a treasure, proud of the one she’d caught around the corner.
I laughed through my relief.
I told them never to run off like that again.
The girl I’d found in the break room wasn’t Mia at
all.
It was Zara.
No wonder she was a leopard.
Everything clicked.
I kicked myself for being so stupid.
thought of Kael’s broken look when he thought I’d
lied to him again, his despair when he thought I
feared he’d hurt the kids.
I glanced at the door.
Kael was long gone.
A dozen tall shifters blocked the way, keeping me
from running away with the girls.
The truth was out.
I finally looked around Kael’s office.
Clean, organized, empty behind the desk.
I could picture him sitting there, cold and
composed, working.
I’d snuck in here more than once to tease him.
Locked the door, made him keep his panther ears.
out while he wore his suit.
I pushed down the ache in my chest.
I pulled out my phone.
I hesitated, wondering if I should text Kael…
A woman burst into the office.
Panther shifters moved to drag her out at once.
It was Wren.
I didn’t like her, not one bit.
I frowned.
Seeing her brought back all the messy rumors.
about her and Kael.
I snapped out of my guilt.
I wasn’t going to explain anything to Kael.
Screw explaining.
He wasn’t any better.
He kept his little fling right here in the Shifter
Administration Bureau.
Then Wren dropped to her knees and clung to my
leg.
“Miss Thorne, I need to expose Kael Voss, the
Black Panther Clan Alpha! He cheated his way to
the top!”
Kael stormed back in that second.
His face was tight with panic. “Don’t listen to her
lies!”
He never let his emotions show.
I’d never seen him this frazzled.
Curiosity burned in me.
I stepped in front of him.
I shoved his shifter guards aside.
I looked at Wren.
“What do you have to say?”
Wren shrank behind me, shooting a nervous
glance at Kael before she spoke.
“The man you slept with that first night four years
ago wasn’t Kael.
It was his cousin Jax! Kael stepped in and took his
place halfway through…”
Wren laid out the whole truth about the night I got
pregnant.
I’d been with Jax the first half of the night.
I’d snuck out, and Kael had deliberately taken his
place.
He’d pretended he was there the entire time.
She paused, eyes flickering to my two girls, and
added softly, “You should get a DNA paternity test
for both of them.”
She shot Kael a sarcastic glare.
“Or you might end up calling the wrong man
‘Daddy‘.”
I frowned.
I sensed something off between them.
They weren’t the lovesick pair the comments
claimed.
I asked the question straight out.
