ROWAN
I knew I had offended her.
The moment I saw the look on her face, I knew.
Thea wasn't angry because of what I said. She was hurt because she wanted me to acknowledge her. She wanted me to stop treating her like someone who was only following me around and accept what was between us.
She wanted me to claim her.
And the truth was, I wanted to.
I wanted to stand in front of everyone and tell them that Thea was mine. I wanted everyone to know that no one had the right to touch her or look at her the wrong way.
But I couldn't do that yet.
She was my daughter's best friend.
That alone made everything complicated.
Even if my wolf wanted to pull her close and mark her as mine, I had to control myself.
Thea was an omega, she was weak, and the world we lived in was not kind. She had
