Chapter 0031 Lucians POV It took a while for me to finally calm Sheila down enough to hang up the phone , but when I finally did , I breathed a big sigh of relief .
At the end , she still insisted I come home , but at least she wasnt threatening suicide anymore .
Id convinced her that I would leave early .
Early , however , did not mean this minute .
Right now , I had to find Aria .
After finding her missing from the pool area , I searched through the house .
Coming up empty once again , I tried to think about where she would have gone .
Then I remembered how she would often compliment my mother on her gardens .
Aria loved it out there .
I cursed myself .
Knowing that , the gardens should have been the first place I checked .
Rushing outside , I searched for Aria and found her wandering among the flowers .
Her face was tumed upright , her eyes on the stars .
The starlight complimented her features , making her skin glow .
She looked ethereal like this , almost as if she didnt belong in this world , among us mere mortals .
Then she turned and looked at me , and I saw a flash of pain in her eyes before a shield came up over them .
Swallowing down my rising guilt I could only imagine what Id done to hurt her this time I walked toward her .
She stopped , as if waiting for me to fol her , though she also looked away , her eyes on the dark flowers now , no longer on the stars .
I realized with a bit of a start that this was the first time wed been alone since our anniversary , when Id publically backed Sheila and embarrassed Aria .
I had thought that was the start of my troubles with Aria .
Now , wondered if things ran deeper than that .
Regardless , whatever it was that divided us now , we could fix it .
We just needed to talk it through .
I had a good explanation for any and every problem she could come up with , I was sure of it .

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I just needed the chance to properly defend myself .
But Aria stayed quiet , as if she just wanted to stand in the dark in silence .
As Sheila was already expecting me , I couldnt waste time idling .
We needed to resolve things now , so I could go home and tend to Sheila as well .
Aria , about the divorce … Lets not talk about it , she said .
We have to talk about it , I argued .
No , she said .
We really dont .
With a sigh , she glanced at me and added , I know you invited me here in an attempt to change my mind , but it wont work .
My mind is made up .
Looking at her , I almost couldnt believe the words she was saying to me now .
But they were true .
They had to be .
Because never in my years of knowing her had Aria ever sounded this cold .
It was as if a switch inside of her had been flipped .
Even earlier this evening she had spoken to me with some measure of warmth .
Now , it was as if she had a blizzard inside of herself , chilling every word that left her mouth .
This coldness told me one thing .
Arias request for a divorce was genuine , not a joke or a call for attention .
She wanted to be apart from me .
Chapter 0031 25 BONUS We could have children , I said , hoping that would offer her comfort .
A child would give her the attention that I could not .
You believe we could have children ? she asked me .
She shook her head .
Weve tried , over the past few years , but it was never possible then .
And it isnt now .
Do you know why ? No , I admitted .
I had wondered , especially earlier in our relationship when our attempts had been more frequent .
But sometimes it could take certain werewolves a long time to conceive .
That didnt make it impossible .
The deeper the mate bond and the better the relationship between the mated pair , the easier it is for a werewolf couple to conceive , Aria said .
Our second chance bond was never that strong … Chapter 0002