There it was. Eliza’s smug face came to mind. It had her written all over it.
“Eliza, then,” I said. “She’s sending you away.”
“I don’t know…” Devon said thoughtfully. “The Alpha pulled me into his office and said he was sending me to the Onyx Pack for more training. That if I did well there, I have a shot at becoming Lead Gamma of Silver Pack here at Aurygos.
“But on the other side of that, if anything were going on between us, I would be shifted to a sub-pack or even be forced to move away, possibly turned Rogue.”
His eyes were pleading with me to understand. I understood perfectly. Devon’s choices were a future he worked his whole life towards, or to have it taken away, just for being with me. Deep in my heart, I knew it would come down to this, and I think that’s why I tried so ha
