That night, Beta Egbert came looking for me, carrying a small bottle of medicine in his hand .
I smelled him before I saw him—the mint and pine of his musk still clinging to my memories from years ago. It used to make my heart race. Now, it just made my wolf growl low and annoyed.
When he finally stood before me, his brows knit, he sighed.
“Nina, must you always be so stubborn? A simple apology would have ended all of this. Why make things so difficult?”
“You’re acting like a slave on purpose, aren’t you? Just to stab Damon and Audrey in the heart?”
I curved my lips into the faintest hint of a smile.
Did they even have a heart when it came to me?
Back in Blue Moon Pack, I used to love listening to Beta Egbert’s patient guidance. I had trusted him completely, relied on
