Chapter 258

It terrified me. The what-ifs. The glimpse of a future I might have to bear if we can’t break this spell and the pack’s real needs and direction were laid on my head. I don’t know if I have it in me to be what he is. I don’t know if I can lead these people long-term, yet I have no choice. I am what they have, and now I understand fully why Colton always doubted and second-guessed himself so brutally all his life. Why he always felt he wasn’t enough, and I realize I’ve stood behind his shadow and been under just as much protection as they have all this time. Sure, I was a Luna, but I never had to command while he always protected me. I know why he feels like he isn’t doing enough when all I felt standing there was the same damn thing. I felt inferior and like a failure. “The sun is almost down; we should go to bed. Try and sleep. We have an early rise and a long drive if we leave this place in one piece.” Meds cuts into my thoughts and brings me back from the dark recesses of my mind t