CHAPTER 19: THE WEIGHT OF UNREQUITED LOVE

EMILIA’S POV A month has passed since I came here and slowly, this place has become my home in ways I never imagined. Alpha Knight treated me like his long term friend, and Linda made sure I never felt alone, she treated me like her sister and we even went shopping together. I spent most of my days with Linda in the garden, shared meals with the pack members, and slowly, bit by bit, I started to feel normal and good about myself. But at night when I was left by myself and nobody could influence my thoughts or pull me out of my mind, I realized that my thoughts often floated back to rogue pack. And the first few times it happened, I tried to convince myself that it was just the trauma from the pack but with time it proved to be otherwise. I missed the pack and on some nights, I could even let myself say I missed Cameron. I missed his stubbornness, his protectiveness, the way his presence filled and consumed every room he was in. I missed how he challenged me, how he saw through my