CLAIRE
My workplace and the apartment I stayed in were just a twenty-minute walk apart. Bryce kindly offered to accompany me home, and during our walk, he unexpectedly shared more about his past.
“I lost my pack when I was younger because of hunters. Those wretched humans burned my whole family, and I was the only one that survived because I came back late that day. Since I’m an alpha, no pack agreed to take me in. I assume they’re threatened? Not even our allied packs, the ones my family thought were our friends, took me in or even offered any help. I lived as a rogue after that. I wanted to show them I would survive, and here I am. “I stopped in my tracks. Bryce disclosed it so casually, but I’m sure it felt awful. He lost everything at once and didn’t even have a chance to fight for h
