~ Madeline ~
It was too much. All of it. It crowded in, a million thoughts spinning through my mind, demanding attention. I couldn’t settle down to think. I knew I should be worried about the gorgeous woman trying to take me away. Who was she? I had an aunt? I looked just like her. Why had I never met her? How did I not know Max was related to their alpha? How did I not know I carried alpha blood? Why had Diana reject Max? What happened?
But all those large looming questions were a whirlwind around the worry for the man across my room, back tense, shoulders bunched up, staring out the window, refusing to look at me as he asked me if I planned on leaving.
My chest ached at the idea of hurting him. I could see the worry on him and a part of me wanted to sooth him, but another part was s
