I stood in my parents' room, feeling like the walls were closing in on me. The weight of the moment pressed down hard, suffocating. It was the last night I would be with them. The last night I would call this place home. My mother, Lucy, sat beside me on the bed, holding my hand so tightly I could feel her shaking. Her eyes were full of unshed tears, and I could see the devastation in every line on her face. She hadn't said much since dinner, but the pain was clear. She hadn't expected this moment to come so soon.
Neither had I.
My father, Alpha King Alexander, stood by the window, his back turned to us. He hadn't spoken at all. His silence was deafening, but I knew him well enough to understand how much this hurt him too. He wasn't the kind of man to let emotions show, especially not w
