Lane Conlay’s POV
I still hadn't told my friends about my family being slaughtered.
It was the pain buried deepest in my heart. I didn't dare talk about it, because once I did, it hurt so badly my whole body trembled.
I felt the breathing of the people beside me suddenly stop.
I buried my head into my knees, scorching tears falling in heavy drops. "Valkirk assassins killed them. Not even the pet was spared. I was still Ethan's Luna back then, living in Blackwood Pack, so I had escaped the m******e. But if I had been there... If I had been home, they wouldn't have died."
Silence.
Dead silence.
They probably didn't know how to comfort me either. When an entire family was wiped out, a few words could never be enough.
I sniffled, wanting to tell them I was fine now, but I couldn't.
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