16: Pathetic desire

Alpha Caden.

I made sure the parlor is dimly lit and the sun is already setting down the horizon. I stood tall, my alpha presence commanding attention. Henry, my beta, sat across from me, his eyes attentive, awaiting my words. The air was thick with the weight of responsibility as we delved into serious matters concerning the pack.

As I observed, his wife lingered outside the parlor, her subdued sniffles permeating the room. The ambiguity lingers; it's unclear whether her tears stem from the intense conversation between her husband and daughter or the heart-wrenching loss of Aurora. Both Henry and Taylor are extremely prideful which is something Flora has always talked to Taylor about.

She wouldn't talk to her daughter for months because she ran away. Does that even make any fucking sense? I mean, your first concern should be why she ran away in the first place. Were you doing something wrong that she couldn't stand or is it something else? But no, they were mad she took that step wit