I met Gavin’s eyes, which widened with the realization of why our connection was so powerful. Our lives were meant to be invariably intertwined, our childhood together stolen. Gavin would have been my love from the very beginning. Aislin would have been one of my closest friends. I would have lived a happy, complete life, even if my father was a cheater. I would have been raised as the wolf I was meant to be, and I could have forgiven my father if he’d ever had the chance to correct the wrongs he committed. But I never had that chance. David had taken everything from me because of his own pain—but the forgiveness I reserved for my real father was not something I could extend to him. David didn’t deserve forgiveness for this, for anything he did or intended to do. I wanted David to suffer w
