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FLASHBACK

*

After evening snacks, all four of them sat together and played Ludo, a card game; truth or dare; and spun the bottle instead of going anywhere.

"Make sure that you will capture all the moments," Tiara said, while they finally decided to cut the cake. But everyone’s jaw dropped when they saw the decoration. Even though Sophia didn’t want anything fancy, Wylder made sure to decorate the other room with balloons, cards, candles, and flowers.

"How?" Sophia looked at the room in awe. "We all were sitting together since evening." She asked, to which Wylder just smiled. Even Brandon was surprised at how the hell this happened while Tiara had a knowingly smile on her face.

She knew how this happened, but what touched her heart was the way Wylder was treating her parents, no less than his own parents. Obviously, this wasn’t the first time he had done this, but for the first time, she had observed it.

Wylder signaled to go ahead and cut the cake as he was recording everything. Brandon nodded his head and dialed everyone’s number one by one for a video call. He couldn’t tell this Sophia, but he was missing Liara badly, especially when all his children were on a video call.

Oops! It looked like he said that word too soon because Colton didn’t receive the call. He might be busy with his work.

"Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday, Dear Mom! Happy Birthday to you!" Tiara cheerfully clapped her hands. Brandon saw Wylder’s eyes shining silver, and in the next second, a birthday song started playing.

‘Go, go, go, go, go, go

Go, shorty

It's your birthday.

We're going to celebrate as if it's your birthday.

We're going to sip Bacardi like it's your birthday.

And you know we don't give a fuck; it's not your birthday.'

Brandon realized what exactly Wylder was. A wizard. At the same time, he didn’t miss sensing his wolf as well.

‘Does that mean he is a hybrid, not just some random werewolf?' He concluded. At the same time, he hadn’t sensed his wolf aura until now, so he couldn’t tell whether he was an Alpha. Not that he cared about that part, but the fact he was now Alpha It was clear that he was alpha or beta blood for sure.

Brandon suddenly realized that he didn’t know a thing about Wylder’s past. He never told anyone about it. Not that he cared again, but he didn’t want any monster from Wylder’s past to destroy his present. His father told him that Wylder looked like he had run away from somewhere.

But where?

From whom?

‘Colton might be aware of Wylder’s past. I should ask him.’ Brandon's thoughts and his mind diverted when Sophia brought a piece of cake to his mouth.

*

"Wow, you can do magic," Sophia said in an exciting tone, and she immediately found her husband rolling his eyes.

"Like daughter, like mother," Brandon muttered with a frown.

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#TBC