ETHAN
I’d never truly pictured myself as a father. Not once. Being an Alpha left little room for daydreams about tiny hands and soft breaths. And yet… with Ruby, everything is different.
Ruby, my fierce, stubborn, brilliant mate. The woman who wasn’t destined for me by fate, yet somehow became the center of my universe anyway. We only just sealed our Luna bond, but the truth hit me long before that ceremony: I can’t imagine a world without her in it. I don’t ever want to.
With the impending war, facing Silas was something I accepted because I had to. A responsibility I was prepared to shoulder even if I wasn’t sure I’d survive it. I’d go to war for my Pack, every Alpha would. But deep inside, I fear there was a chance I wouldn’t win. That I might fall, and get turned into one of those
