Chapter 29

Claire's POV

As I lay there, my mind wandered back to the Alpha once again. I don't understand why I can't bring myself to hate him, even after all the hurt he's caused me. "Why can't I just hate him like I'm supposed to?" I ask myself.

I know that he hurt me because my parents hurt him so deeply. But that knowledge doesn't make my pain any less real. "It's not fair," I think to myself. "Why should I have to suffer for something my parents did?"

Despite all of this, I can't help but feel a strange sense of compassion for the Alpha. "He must be hurting so much," I reason. "Maybe if I can understand him better, I can find a way to forgive him."

The idea of forgiving the Alpha fills me with both fear and hope. "Can I forgive someone who's caused me so much pain?" I wonder. "Do I even have the strength to do that?"

As I tried to stand up from the Alpha's bed, I winced in pain, feeling sore and tender between my legs. The Alpha had been rough with me during our latest encounter, and the ph