Chapter 80

80 Lady Adele Fangblade

“Excuse me,” he asked the nurses anxiously. “Are you talking about Mrs. Silverback?”

The nurses stared at Lucien’s handsome face for a while before they snapped back to reality. “Oh, no... not Mrs. Silverback. Grandma Kelley passed away this morning from old age. She is ninety years old.”

Oh.

Although Lucien had no idea how old Ronan’s mother was, he was sure that she was not ninety years old. But then what happened to her? Why did she not show up for her daily walk in the garden?

“Excuse me,” he disturbed the nurses again. “Did something happen to Mrs. Silverback?”

The nurses exchanged confused glances. “Mrs. Silverback? We don’t know. Young man, why don’t you ask the receptionist for some information instead?”

“Alright, thanks.”

Lucien went to the receptionist area right away. The nurse in charge beamed at the handsome man in delight when he approached the desk.

“Excuse me, I would like to inquire about Mrs. Silverback.”

.....

“First name?”

“Sorry, I don’t know.”

“... Alright, any relatives?”

“Yes. Ronan Silverback, son. Dane Silverback, husband.”

The nurse started typing on her keyboard and moved the computer mouse around while going through the patient list.

“There is no such patient.”

Lucien could barely believe his ears.

“Impossible. Mrs. Silverback is a long-term patient here.”

The nurse shook her head. “Short-term or long-term, there is no patient here whose surname is Silverback. I also can not find them in the relative list.”

This was rather puzzling. Did Ronan not say that it was his mother?

Why would Ronan lie about it?

If Ronan did not lie, then Lucien might have mistaken something.

“Anna, what do you know about Mrs. Silverback?” Lucien messaged his sister after he finished his dinner and Alice left. Unlike him, Annalynne never left the pack. She would know any news that circulated among the werewolf community, especially when said news revolved around prominent werewolf packs.

“Mrs. Silverback? Do you mean Mr. Dane Silverback’s divorced wife?”

“What? They were divorced?”

Pack Alphas did not usually get divorced unless the Lunas had gravely sinned and thus deemed to be unsuitable to hold the Luna position any longer. Otherwise, almost all Lunas were devoted to the pack and would not do anything that went against the pack rules.

It was a sensitive topic, so Annalynne ended up calling her brother to talk about it.

“Lulu, why are you suddenly interested in Mrs. Silverback?” She asked in a low voice.

“I just want to return her shawl and say thank you,” Lucien said as a matter of factly.

Annalynne sucked in a deep breath.

“Oh, Goddess. How could I forget? That sigil! It was the sigil of the Fangblade family!”

The Fangblade family.

Now that Lucien heard the name, he remembered hearing one thing or two about the family. If he was not mistaken, the Fangblade family no longer existed.

“Correct,” Annalynne said, confirming Lucien’s thought. “the last generation only had one daughter, and she married into the Infinite Eclipse Pack. That was how the family line ended.”

Ronan Silverback was born to Lady Adele Fangblade, the last descendant of the Fangblade family and Dane Silverback, the heir to the Silverback family. He carried the bloodline of two powerful werewolf families.

Annalynne quickly put two and two together. “Oh,” she said. “The mysterious lady who covered you with the shawl must be Ronan’s mother.”

“Yes. What is her full name?”

Annalynne hummed at the end of the phone line.

“You know what, Lulu? I don’t know. Give me some time, I will ask the elders about her.”

“Sure.”

The elders naturally knew more about the history of werewolf families compared to anyone else.

Lucien did not have to wait for long. Annalynne called again within an hour.

“Her name is Lady Adele Fangblade. She refused to renounce her surname even after marriage,” Annalynne said as soon as Lucien picked up the phone.

“Oh? Possibly due to a sentimental reason. It was natural to be attached to one’s birth family.”

“And um...”

“What?”

Annalynne lowered her voice down to a whisper. “I also found out the reason why Lady Adele is in that hospital.”

“Why?”

“Mr. Dane Silverback betrayed his Luna. His extramarital affairs caused Lady Adele to suffer greatly. She never recovered from the pain of the betrayal. Due to her gradually failing health, she entered the hospital five years ago and never left.”

Lucien was speechless.

“Okay, Anna. Thanks. Is that all?”

“Yes...”

“Alright. It is late, go to sleep.”

“Bye, Big Brother...”

Lucien ended the phone call and slumped against his pillow.

He always thought that Ronan was raised in a picture-perfect family. The only alpha son of a powerful couple, doted on by the whole pack. Who would have known that his father did such a thing to his mother?

It was common knowledge that every time a werewolf betrayed his mate, said mate would suffer from tremendous pain. The physical pain was already horrendous enough, not to speak of the emotional pain.

To know that your mate openly betrayed you despite knowing the consequences. To know that it was a choice made with sound body and mind. It was the worst thing that a mate could do to you.

Lady Adele Fangblade must have suffered so much when she was married to Dane Silverback. In the end, maybe it was a good thing that she never renounced the Fangblade surname. After the divorce, she did not have to listen to other people referring to her as a “Mrs. Silverback”. The name must be so disgusting to her.

After knowing the lady’s backstory, Lucien truly felt bad for his harsh tone during their first meeting. He wanted to sincerely apologize, but how could he do that if Lady Adele Fangblade decided to not visit the garden?

The next day, Alice and Annalynne came to pack up Lucien’s stuff in preparation for the discharge. After changing to a new set of clothes, Lucien decided to pay the garden one last visit, in hope that Lady Adele Fangblade would be there.

To his surprise, the lady was indeed there. Interestingly, the person who pushed her wheelchair around was not Edith but Ronan. Both mother and son were surprised to see Lucien, but Lady Adele Fangblade’s expression quickly melted into a smile.

“Hello, there,” she greeted. “I should thank you for staying longer here so that my son finally has some more time to accompany me.”