DANTE’S POV
I paced my office long after the sun had gone down, Long after the pack had gone quiet. The walls felt too tight, the air too warm, my thoughts too loud. No matter how many times I crossed the room, I couldn’t escape the memory of what had just happened. Of what I had just done. I knew she was hurt.
But I kept reminding myself that it had to be done. I told myself I had done the right thing. It was the same thing I had been repeating in my mind ever since it happened. And yet somehow… I couldn’t quite convince myself. Selene needed to understand something. This bond would not weaken me. I would not be ruled by softness, sentiment, or… love. This is not the kind of alpha that I wanted to be, it certainly wasn’t what I had spent years preparing for, I didn’t want to accept what
