Balance of Light and Shadow (By Chandrea) novel Chapter 174

Connor POV

Oh crap, I missed the school pick up. I had texted Kimberly that I might be late, but it was now 4:30. Kimberly walked my Stella home, as I was 30 minutes late.

Both of them stare at us from the doorway, clearly knowing they just walked into an awkward situation. No way I’m telling them that the Alpha King just asked me to kill him if he was bad.

I run for Stella and pick her up. “Hey, baby girl. How was school?“.

“Good“.

She doesn’t look at me when she talks. She stares intently at Conrad before returning her focus

to me.

Conrad doesn’t flinch. He stares at the floor, not able to make eye contact with anyone, which

honestly makes the whole situation worse.

“Kimberly, can you take Stella to play outside or something while I finish up here?“.

Before Kimberly can answer, Stella has her hands on her hips. “No. I’m staying here because you’re mad and he’s sad“.

“Stella, it’s grown–up stuff. We just need to finish up and then he will be leaving“.

Conrad speaks in a voice just above a whisper. “And I’m not sad, sweetie. Just trying to work something out. Your dad is helping me with it“.

“No. You’re blue. You’re definitely sad“.

Oh Goddess, how do you explain these complex adult situations to a child?

I’m trying to work something out when Conrad approaches and walks to Stella. “What did you mean by I was blue?“,

I try to explain. “Stella associated colour with emotions. When someone is blue, they’re sad, green they’re sick, red they’re angry, Excetera“.

Conrad is not convinced. “How did you know I was sad, Stella?“.

She didn’t even flinch at the question and rolled her eyes like it was obvious. “Because your

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edges are mainly blue. They have some black and orange bits in them, but you’re better since Luna Queen came home“.

My jaw fucking drops. I always thought this was just a childhood expression thing. Is she actually seeing something?

“Sweetie, you can actually see a colour around him. You’re not imagining it or making it up“.

She huffs and stamps her foot. “I’m not lying, daddy. You said all hunters could see the aura of a wolf“. She looks at me, confused. “Do you not see the colours?“.

I look back at Conrad to double–check. “No. I just see a white light around him“.

“Well, that’s just weird“. She skips off to her room as if nothing happened, leaving the three

adults slack–jawed.

Conrad just stares at me. “The hell was that? Is that a hunter power?“.

“I have no idea“.

I start sending messages in the group chat, and no one has ever heard of this happening

before.

“One person has recommended reading the Hunter Chronicles. I will see if I can read some of it

tonight“.

Kimberly speaks up. “Why not just give them to Willow to read? She could have it done much quicker“.

Goddess, why didn’t I think of that? I know we are secretive about letting others read our

chronicles, but she is human.

Conrad looks up from being deep in thought. “We need to take her to see Lewana“,

I snarl at him. “I am not using my daughter as an experiment. Besides, even though I have a lot of respect for your mate, she’s not exactly calm at the moment“,

“I’m not using her as an experiment. Besides, she is only angry at me“.

Kimberly mutters. “I’ll say“.

That’s right. They had a girls‘ night last night.

Conrad looks at her urgently. “I already know I screwed up. Did she say anything about how to

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make it right?“.

“That’s your problem. You can’t fix your way out of every problem. Some things just take time“.

“I don’t have time. My pregnant mate is furious at me. Our bond isn’t complete, as I’m worried I will hurt her if I do it. Demonic Shadows are still lurking about, and there is a Rogue King with a traitor from our pack trying to take my unborn daughter as his mate“.

Kimberly and I just stand in shock. Neither of us knew any of that.

“Stella, honey. You want to go see what colours other wolves are“.

She drags her feet out of the room and starts complaining. “Wwwwhhhhhyyyyyyyyy. I want to

watch TV“.

Conrad smiles at her. “Name your price and it’s yours“.

Her face lights up. “Can I have one of those fancy pink bags like Michelle has? And chocolate. And earrings?“.

“Done“.

We decide to test it first and go see her favorite wolf. Liam.

He starts walking towards us from the pack house, and Stella jumps into his arms.

“And how is my favorite star doing?“.

“Good. We’re going to see everyone in pretty colours. Your white and yellow again. I’m glad you’re happy. I didn’t like seeing you blue and orange. Are you and Alpha King friends again?“.

He just raises an eyebrow. “Errmmm yeah“.

It’s amazing. How did she even develop this skill? Am I meant to have this skill? Granted, I have great hearing, strength, and speed like wolves to help hunt and kill them, but not an emotional radar.

I’m fairly sure Conrad is mind–linking all of this to Liam, and his face is changing expression without actual words being spoken.

We go seeking the Luna Queen. I state we have to keep our distance, and I am still worried about her losing her shit again and hurting Stella. I would hate to have to hurt her if she does.

We hide out in the forest and see her walking from the pack house to Mary’s and to the edge of

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the forest.

“What do you see, Stella?“.

“It’s hard to tell from this distance. I think maybe orange“.

Conrad turns to me. “Let’s get a bit closer“.

“But not to close“.

We move through the forest, and I notice the trees start to move. The wind is blowing towards us, but the trees are moving the other way. A cold shiver runs up my spine, and my other senses start to become heightened and alert.

“Stella. Behind me. NOW“.

Conrad starts to panic. “What’s wrong?“.

“We’re no longer hunting Lewana. She’s hunting us“!

We stop at a small clearing when we start to hear growling from the tree tops that start to

echo around us.

Conrad calls out to her. “Moonlight. We were just testing a theory with Stella“.

She launches out of the trees and jumps straight on top of Conrad, knocking him to the ground. He doesn’t fight it. He just holds his hands up in surrender as she holds a blade to his

throat while straddling his chest.

“LIAR“.

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