EMMA
Carla ran straight into my arms sobbing on my shoulder as soon as my mate left us.
She folded me into a hearty embrace despite knowing I was the mate of their Alpha king, despite knowing the blood of the enemy was flowing through me, despite knowing I was fooling her all these while.
Her action told me she had forgiven me, hating herself for not protecting me, and consoling me as my best friend. Carla wasn’t like every other folk.
My dad always told me how heartless and unforgiving my kind was but Carla has got to be the kindest of my kind.
She stepped out from my arms and started raising my clothes to see the angle I was shot, all the while asking how I was feeling repeatedly.
I smiled, feeling myself go warm all over. I never knew I would ever find someone to love me so u
