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Elelira POV

The mate bond tingles and throbs in my chest as his words sink in.

Even if I hated him, or tried to hate him, I never wanted him to abandon his pack or his life. As terrible as he was to me, he was still an amazing alpha to his pack.

Hearing his side of things made me so much more conflicted. I can’t blame him for not trusting my uncle. I can’t find it in me to blame him for trying to safeguard his pack by making me an outsider. I would likely have thought the same in his situation.

But that still doesn’t take away all the hurt and pain I endured.

I wonder if he knows everything that I went through.

“Did you know?” I asked softly after a painfully quiet span of time passed. “Did you know all that I had to endure in those two years?”

His face turns grim. “No. Not the extent of your suffering, no.”

I nodded, looking down at the ground before meeting his eyes again. “Do you want to know?”

I don’t know why it is so important to me to tell him in detail, without anger or