Chapter 170

“Maybe I just want to be a selfish kid. Who took the girl he wanted and walked away, and screw all this. I should have left with you. Belonged with you wherever you went.” He sounds defeated, and I know this isn’t him. This is a tired and uncertain guy who has had a lot thrown at him. In one day, his ex-mate resurfaces, dragging his long-lost mom along, and he finds out his father kept her prisoner after murdering his people and destroying the life he thought he knew. It hurts to hear him say it, feel it. The regret of what happened with us, even while I’m trying to ignore it. The tears bite at my eyes, and a lump forms in my throat that almost chokes me, inflicting a unique body and brain ache that’s hard to shake off. “Maybe you should have, but you would never have forgiven yourself. You made the choices you made for the pack's good, even if it hurt us. If you left them, he would never have relinquished control, and they would suffer still. The Fates had a plan, and maybe leaving wi