Devon’s POV
I don’t know what to do, or what to think. I want to be with Tara, but I also feel responsible for the hundreds of wolves that I lead as Alpha of Crescent Lake.
Do I break my promise to one wolf, or my vow to hundreds? My mate, or my family, my friends, and everyone else who depends on me?
I know if I ask my parents advice, they will tell me to let Tara go. Take a chosen mate, and lead our people. This is what I was born for! This is what I trained my whole life for!
But can I just give up my goddess gifted mate? The one who is the other half of my soul? The mother of my pups?
I had high hopes that we would have been together for the six years that were promised by the treaty that allowed Tara to live here and attend school. What we actually got was just over
