_Zarelle’s POV_
There was one thing I didn’t tell Calden, I was grateful for the experience, despite the heavy price I paid. It reminded me that I couldn’t have everything I wanted.
Growing up, I had basked in the adoration of my three brothers and doting father, feeling like a princess. Calden represented the first major setback in my life. The more resistance he put up, the more intrigued I grew.
It became an obsession of mine to win him over. I kept chipping away at the wall he put up, for three whole years.
But it was time to stop.
‘You’ve learned what you needed to learn,’ Mirelle’s voice resonated in my mind. ‘The pack that rejected you has shown their weakness. Now you stand as alpha, and they cower beneath your gaze.’
‘I suppose that’s one way of looking at it,’
