Aria’s POV
The wind was cold as we walked away from the pack that had saved us during the rogue ambush and child labor. I came in with a pregnancy but now they said my pup died. Tavin claimed the Gracie child was mine, but Freya, my wolf, doesn't acknowledge the child as mine. I held my arms close to my chest, though it wasn’t just the cold that made me shiver. It was everything, the pain, the loss, the truth still sinking in.
Beside me, Kael walked silently. His jaw was tight, eyes ahead, like he was ready for anything. But I knew him. I could feel the storm inside him. The same storm lived inside me.
Behind us, Alpha Lucien stood still. He didn’t try to follow. Not yet.
Instead, it was Damian leading the way now.
Damian. The man who once said he had killed both our mothers. The same
