Chapter 82

place these days. Suddenly showing up and trying to see if Robert could come to her cottage to ‘help’ her with something.

The request for Robert to come stays the same; she needs him to come to the cottage to help her. The only thing that changes is the reason for her requests. She needs her lightbulbs changed out. She needed him to make sure that the latch on her door worked properly. Now, she wanted him to help her clean the woodstove she cooks on. On and on she goes, and the reasons are getting more and more ridiculous. He has never been her handyman. She has always done what she is asking him to do for all these years. So it was making all of us

suspicious.

Mom is convinced that Adra was trying to place a spell on Robert. But Robert doesn’t think that Adra would go so far as to do something like that. He believed that she was just upset that her crush had found his mate. He does not see things clearly, as Adra is not going to stop, even I knew that. He should be able to see the red flag of her being holed up for over three years, but now she’s popping up all over the pack.

It has caused some trouble for them and Mom. They still love each other very much, but my mother is frustrated with him. It is clear that Robert cannot see what is so obvious to us.

Alexei could see it, took Robert aside, and mentioned that he thought Adra was up to something. Alexei tried to be slick about it, but I knew what he was doing. I appreciated that he was trying to help my mother out, but I knew why it hurt her so much. Dady devalued her to the point where her opinion never mattered. I am worried because their relationship is in much more dangerous waters than Robert suspects. I know that my mother put a protection spell on him. But she told me that with a strong enough spell, it might not be able to protect

him.