The War God Alpha’s Arranged Bride Novel

---- Chapter 104 As a woman, it wasn't as though it was against any law or social construct that | wasn't able to study such things. In fact, it was highly promoted that Alpha daughters make learning and understanding the ways of pack life a part of their education. "What you're saying is, no one ever actually taught you what you needed to know in order to..." His words trailed off as did his gaze. His eyes told me he'd slipped off into some deep, mental thought. A crease formed between his brows.

"Evelyn, apart from your work in the greenhouse and the tea distribution, what else are you capable of?" | bit the corner of my lip, trying to figure out how to properly word what | wanted to say. "Well, | know how to properly network with others. | know how to write up treaties and send out formal addresses to both royals and neighboring packs. | know how to establish and implement new laws and codes within pack life. | know the cycle in which to properly harvest and replant crops for the new coming year.

| know how to sustain a pack's finances so that the budget is never overly drawn from and never depleted. |-" ---- Alexander pressed the palm of his hand to my lips, preventing me from speaking any further. At some point, | must have looked away from him because when | lifted my eyes back to meet his gaze, | was struck with a wondrous expression. "You know how to do all of that?" | gave a shaking nod of my head. "It wasn't all that difficult to understand...| just happened to suck horribly at etiquette," I said dryly, He let out a heartfelt laugh that | found to be contagious.

The two of us chuckled and let a lot of tension roll off our shoulders. Alexander's eyes continued to glimmer with astonishment. "| just don't understand it," he commented. "What?" This time, he was the one who shifted uncomfortably. "Please, don't take this the wrong way...Before we were married, | did a little digging around in your previous pack and...Well, | wasn't exactly impressed with what | saw." | slowly nodded in understanding. "Ah, yeah. About that. You're referring to the way my father basically ran our pack into the ground, right?" "Correct," he said with a hint of caution.

---- "You're not wrong. According to what I've been told after my mother passed away, my father has never really been the same since. | chalked his behavior out to being depressed but he would never seek help even though I'd tried countless times. When | noticed that things weren't looking too good for our pack, | tried to approach him with methods that | knew would help in the long run but he would never listen to me," | explained. [Third-Person's POV] Alexander's astonishment and sheer wonder had yet to leave him while he was listening to everything Evelyn was telling him.

As she spoke, he noticed a number of things. The longer Evelyn would speak, the more emotions would truly begin to show. He could sense her feelings of agitation, sorrow, and frustration to the point in which she was beginning to shake. Alexander never let go of her hand since the start of the conversation. He needed her to know and feel that he was there for her. Everything she said resonated with him. His heart ached for the young girl that faced a good portion of her life alone.

It bothered him like a thom in his side he knew he couldn't remove, mainly because nothing could be done about it now. What really shook him to his very core was just how much Evelyn actually knew about pack dynamics. She'd never given any clear indication about these skills but, there again, it wasn't ---- as though he ever asked her about them. All this time...All this time I've been married to a golden Luna.