Chapter 45.

~Avery~

“How can you say that?”  I was yelling, unable to hide the rage that was stirring within me.

“You’re not the victim, you’re the one that they have been bending over backwards to protect. Did they go about it the right way? Maybe not. But Alex is heartbroken, thinking he’s lost you forever and blaming both himself and his brother for it. Natasha and James are guilt ridden, the Alpha is failing in his duties and have been for quite some time because his main focus has been you. You’re not the victim. They have set aside any and all other obligations to try and help you reach your fullest potential so that the day that hundreds of people come to kill you, you will be able to defend yourself. The pack members are suffering from a lack of leadership, but you haven’t seen that. You’ve seen their smiles, the happiness they display, but you haven’t seen the anxiety that befalls them once the door is closed and th