Julius Carter is beyond livid when he confirms that Knight Ashbourne will indeed be given a seat in his father's party list. 

It was the same spot he had been trying to get for years not for himself but for his son Cyrus. 

He knows he's too old for the position and aside from that, the people love his son more than him and he also knows they'll have a bigger chance for the position if he uses Cyrus as bait. 

And now that he has finally gotten rid of all the blocks that stopped him from getting in, the Prime Minister suddenly announced that his heir Knight Ashbourne will finally enter politics too. 

Well, it isn't official yet but then, Julius already got the news from an insider and that's why he's now very angry because of the sudden situation.

He did not work for years to get that seat only to be stolen from him too. 

If he manages to find his way decades ago, he is sure that he could make a way again this time too.

The alpha called his secretary but instead of his secretary, Alexandria appeared in his office.

"I swear to Luna if you're here with more bad news just leave! I'm not in a mood to listen to your failures." Julius' voice booms inside his office.

At first, Alex was nervous but then she was already used to the old alpha's nasty remarks so she just invited herself inside the office.

"We need to work faster now sir. Aria and Cyrus would soon know about what you did 3 years ago. If you won't help me get Cyrus to marry me, then I will have no choice but to beg Aria to forgive me....that will also mean I will have to tell him the truth." Alex said with a straight face.

She has been very obedient to the Carter patriarch for years. 

 She has always been there for his daughter and now that Aria is back, she has no plans of giving up her position in Cyrus’s life anymore. 

This time, Alex wants a permanent space so she devises a plan to get Cyrus already.

Julius Carter laughs at Alex’s threat. 

He almost tears up because of his laughter before he decides to speak.

"Are you threatening me, little girl?" the older alpha asked when he was finally done laughing, this time his eyes turned crimson which almost made Alex kneel in submission. 

But the alpha female is also determined to get what she wants. 

Besides, she already got herself an ally so she wouldn't want to waste such an opportunity.

She will get Cyrus by hook or by crook and no one can stop him from doing that, not even Julius.

"I'm not threatening you, sir. I'm just asking you nicely to help me to make sure Cyrus will marry me." Alex replied, making sure Julius wouldn't see her now trembling hands. 

Within a blink of an eye, Julius is standing in front of the startled Alex. 

The older man's hand gripped her neck tightly and for a second, Alex thought she was going to die right at that moment.

"No one, I repeat, no one tells me what I should and I shouldn't do. And no one threatens me, not even death.  be it fake or real could tell me what I want to do. Do you think I would listen to you just because I saved Cyrus from that omega slut 3 years ago? You must be joking, because I will do it all over again if I have to! I'm going to get rid of everyone who stops me from making my son the most powerful man in the country!" Julius grits his teeth while gripping Alex’s neck.

Alex struggled and tried to free herself from Julius’s grip but to no avail, the older just lifted her from the floor before he slammed her on the bulletproof glass in his office.

 "Know place Child! And don't ever show up here again or else, I will make sure that would be the last you would be seen. Are we clear?." Julius threatens.

Alex still holding her now reddened neck from Julius' grip starts to laugh.

The older man gave her a confused look so the younger alpha fished out his phone from his pocket to show that she just recorded everything that they had talked about including the old man's threat to her life.

Julius’s eyes widen and just as he's about to grab her Alex speaks, gone is the hesitant, timid, and nervous tone.

"Hey Rin, you got all that right? Don't worry, Julius won't do anything stupid that will make him fall. And don't worry, I'm sure he wouldn't want his only son to turn his back on him. The elections are coming up soon, he would rather let his son marry me right at this moment than ruin his reputation in the public." Alex said on the phone but her eyes were focused on the old man.

Alex knows she didn’t need to elaborate her flawless plan to the older since Julius heard everything she just said on the phone.

"You two-faced bitch! Fine! Let me talk to my son and make sure you turn over that shit to me or else I'm gonna----"

"Na ah! Stop scaring me, Mr. Carter. Remember, I'll be your daughter-in-law soon. Also, you should have known I'm a two-faced bitch from the moment I agreed to your plan to betray my own  friend three years ago." Alex said before finally getting up to leave the office and run for her life because he suddenly gets scared of the possibility of Julius killing her regardless.

Meanwhile back at Cyrus's penthouse, Knight excused himself to receive a call from Justin leaving Aria with her daughter and Felicia in the room.

Aria is still in awe while she is staring at her daughter playing with here and enjoying the calming fresh flowery scent of her little girl. In response she is also  releasing her own fruity scent that keeps Kiana from sniffing her.

"Pwetty pwincess, look I know how to pway this." Kiana suddenly runs towards the music instruments in the room. 

At first Aria thought she would use the wooden xylophone but then when Kiana saw that she was watching her, she stood up again and went to sit on by her piano.

"You know how to play the piano my angel?" Aria asked, not missing the opportunity to call the little girl her angel.

"Yes pwetty pwincess, daddy taught me this song. Come here." Kiana waves her hands at her and pat the space on her seat but Aria just moves closer and sits in front of her.

"I wanna watch you play baby. Can you play for ma--pretty Princess?" Aria bites her tongue when she almost slipped up.

As much as she wants to introduce herself as Kiana’s mother, she knows that she still can't. 

Aria knows she needs to be more patient because she doesn't want to put her daughter in danger when there are people out there who wanted to hurt their family.

With the thought that someone might hurt her daughter, Aria scoots closer to her in the end. 

She even nuzzles her at the back of her head again making sure Kiana can feel how much she loves her.

Felicia who was  just silently watching the mother  and daughter duo could not help but smile to herself. 

She was very happy to witness the reunion of the two since she knows Kiana has been longing for her mother even when she was not able to voice it out.

She has witnessed how Kiana grew up as a crying baby because of the absence of her other parent. 

Felicia also knows about the legends that newly born pups that are separated from their parents have the tendency to get sick and die because of the pain so she's really proud and happy to know that Kiana endured all that pain and now she's finally with her mother again.

 "Felicia are you alright?" Taehyung asked when he noticed that the older woman was silently crying while staring at them.

"Oh, yes I'm  fine Madam Aria. I'm sorry about that...I was just overwhelmed and very happy that you're finally back." Felicia replied while wiping her tears away.

Aria smiled fondly at the older woman and it's only then she realized that she's probably the one who took care of her daughter when she was gone so she tentatively took her hand to her own. 

She carefully put Kiana down on the carpeted floor and let her play with her toys so she could talk to the older woman properly.

"I know saying Thank you will never be enough to thank you for taking care of my baby. Felicia , thank you for every day and night that you were there for her when I couldn't be." Aria uttered, making sure Kiana won't get suspicious of them too.

"You don't have to thank me Madam. I just did my job. Besides, your daughter is such a beautiful little pup. I remember one time when she was probably feeling the pain of your separation she wouldn't stop crying. She was crying the whole night and the  young Master didn't know what to do anymore. He was already hopeless, but you know what happened the moment Master Cyrus started to cry?" Felicia looks at the little girl fondly.

Aria remained quiet. 

She feels like someone is gripping her heart so tight because she could just imagine the pain both Kiana and Cyrus had to go through when she left. 

She knows that she would  just cry the moment she opens her mouth so she just gave Felicia a questioning look so she could continue telling her the story.

"Your daughter stopped crying the moment she felt her daddy was crying. It's as if it's her way of telling her father that she won't cry again because she doesn't want her daddy to cry. Ever since that night, Kiana only cries when the young master isn't home. Your daughter is an angel Mistress so you have nothing to thank me for. She endured and survived the pain of separation from you not because we took care of her but because I think in her little pure heart  she knows you didn't abandon her, I am guessing that your pup's wolf knows it by heart that you love her and that you were also longing for her." Felicia says while squeezing her hand.

 At that point Aria couldn't hold back her tears anymore. 

Now that she finally understands that the pain and the feeling of having a hole in her heart was because she was separated from her child not because she lost her.

"I love her, I love my pup and I would never leave her again. I will protect her with my life." 

Aria only managed to utter before she walks towards her daughter again. 

And it's as if Kiana could sense her mother, she quickly moves from the carpeted floor to Aria’s  lap.

"Pwetty pwincess, why are you cwying? Did Feli towd you her stowy too? Don't wowwy, Kiki is here." the little girl said while wiping Aria’s tears with her two tiny hands.

Felicia smiled at the mother and daughter duo and when Aria pulled the little girl into a tight hug again, she knew she had to give them time on their own so she quietly walked out of the room.

Aria didn't want to scare her daughter with all her crying so she tried her best to calm down.

"Kiana, my angel, do you want me to play a song for you?" She asked just to distract the child because she can sense that his little pup is starting to get  distressed because of her.

"Pwetty pwincess can pway piano too?"

"Yes baby, in fact it's my job to play and make songs using the piano." Aria proudly tells her as she carries her so they can both sit in front of her piano.

"Wow! then pway for Kiku too, pwetty pwincess pwease!" Kiana begs using her puppy eyes.

Aria almost melted on the spot because how could she say no to such a beautiful pup? He smiled at her and let her sit on her lap before she started to play the song she wrote for her, hee muse, his Kiana.

Aria’s beautiful voice filled Kiana’s room.

 The little girl is swaying from side to side while listening to her mother.

 The two are so immersed in the song that they don't even notice a pair of eyes watching them by the door.

Cyrus was about to check on his daughter, (no he didn't go to the room to see the pretty omega) (Don't judge him!) 

He was supposed to ask what Kiana wanted for lunch but he froze by the door when he overheard his pup and his omega talking.

 He even saw his little girl wipe away Aria’s tears. It actually made him emotional too and since he knows Aria probably wants more time with Kiana, he just stayed outside the room until he heard Aria’s beautiful song. 

He knows that the omega composed and wrote the song by herself because the melody coming from the piano is familiar to him. 

He now remembers it's the same melody Aria used to sing when Kiana was born.

It's the same song he used to hum whenever Kiana couldn't sleep at night and seeing his daughter listen to her mother now makes Cyrus want to protect them both with his life.

Cyrus is so mesmerized by the voice of his mate, that he doesn't even realize he is already clapping when the song ends.

Kiana and Aria’s heads snapped towards his direction. 

The omega is embarrassed knowing that he saw her amazing performance but the little pup is already bouncing at her feet towards her father.

"Daddy, did you hear that? Pwetty pwincess knows your song for Kiki too!" Kiana said before throwing herself at her father.

Cyrus laughs nervously the moment he realizes his daughter just exposed him again. 

He subtly glances in the omega's direction only to see that Aria is already looking at him as if she is asking for an explanation.

"You know my songs ?" Aria asked, making sure to put an emphasis that the song was hers.

Cyrus bites his lower lip before he straightens his body after lifting his daughter.

"Yes pwetty pwincess, daddy knows your song a wittle." Kiana proudly informs Aria who could not help but blush on her cheeks knowing that all those years she was gone, a part of her still comforted her pup.

 "I didn't know the lyrics so I was just humming the melody to her. I never heard you sing it before." Cyrus finally said, not denying the fact that he indeed used to hum Aria’s song.

The omega nods in understanding.

"Of course, you won't know. I just wrote the song when I was...away. I loved the melody so I decided to put words into it." Aria didn't even know why she was explaining to the pure blood but she did it anyway.

"You are a really talented musician. I'm glad you were able to pursue your passion. Ash…I mean Knight told me." Cyrus almost rolled his eyes upon the mention of the pure-blood alpha in his living room.

Aria’s eyes widened when she suddenly remembered Knight was still there. 

She didn't even realize that time had passed already because she was enjoying her time with her precious daughter, so when Cyrus mentioned the older alpha, she felt guilty leaving him alone.

"Oh yeah, where's Knight now?" Aria asked.

Cyrus stared at his mate. 

He wants to know what her relationship with the older pure-blooded alpha was because no matter what be did to fish out information from Knight, the older pureblood just evaded the questions. 

They only talked about things that they had to do to protect Aria and he still did not know what the relationship between Aria and Knight was. 

"He is downstairs talking to another guy. They sound pretty close, I think Justin is the name." Cyrus didn't want to sound like he was snitching on Knight but well, that's what he just sounded like to Aria at that moment.

The omega nodded in understanding and much to Cyrus’s annoyance, she smiled sweetly on hearing the name.

"Ahhh, Justin. He's probably checking if Knight and I had our lunch. He's really thoughtful and kind." Aria said not knowing what to say more because Cyrus was just staring at her.