Robin’s POV Nothing was the same. Nothing had been the same since Julian was dragged away from us—away from me. Yes, the pack was thriving. Like the elders said, we were left alone, so all our operations were running smoothly. Aries made sure of that. But every attempt he made to even schedule a meeting concerning Julian went nowhere. His father, Alpha Charles, had been speaking with everyone who mattered for months, yet we still had nothing. And those failures weighed heavily on those of us closest to him. I blamed myself during the first month, for not being attentive enough to realize something this serious was happening. I let him suffer alone, let him give himself up for the pack, just like I knew he always would. That was why I loved him—his willingness to do anything for the peop

