Chapter 51

My last breath felt like was knocked out of me.

Logically, I knew what he was capable of. To conspire with Alpha Raymond for the demise of my entire pack. His entire pack. The pack he swore to protect above all else.

He was capable of orchestrating the slaughter of those closest to him, no matter how big a part he played. Any part he played was too much.

But somehow, hearing that he wanted me dead still shook me. To my very essence, the part that still unwillingly held on to my past.

I slipped back into who I used to be before this all for a blissful and haunting moment.

The child in me that knew him as my uncle, my confidant, my family, knew he wouldn’t do anything to harm me. He would protect me at all costs.

Protection, protected. Something so foreign it made me crumble.

My labored breathing and heaving chest brought me back. I wasn’t a child; I wasn’t protected. I realized that the blanket of shock I was holding since I found out still was weighing on me, however lightly.

Ma