Chapter 6

"Caden, calm down a bit."

"This must be another one of her playing-hard-to-get tricks. You've fallen for it once before, you can't trust her again!"

Hearing this, Caden finally calmed down a little, suppressing the agitation in his heart and reassuring himself,

"That's right, this must be another one of Stella's acts."

"For seven years, she hasn't missed a single Thanksgiving. She must be preparing some surprise!"

"As for that image, it's definitely just a smoke screen. It's not that easy to fool me!"

At this moment, Caden's right-hand man, Jaxon, walked in holding another memory crystal,

"Alpha, Stella sent a wolf to deliver something for you."

Caden's demeanor changed from his previous unease to one of confidence as he took it,

"See! I knew she couldn't leave me!"

"Still putting on an act, yet eagerly sending gifts right to my doorstep!"