Jessica’s POV
My breath hitched as my eyes widened in shock.
“Wait… I thought it was your brothers who attacked them.”
He let out a bitter chuckle, shaking his head. “That’s what the world believes. But the truth is that they struck first. Their Alpha conspired with my father’s Beta, and…”
His voice wavered, his hands trembling as if the weight of the past had suddenly become too much to bear.
Then, without warning, he crouched down, his head hanging low, his shoulders shaking with the force of emotions he refused to let out.
I hesitated before gently placing a hand on his back. “You don’t have to say anything else if you’re not ready,” I said softly.
But he shook his head and then looked at me, his eyes dark and resolute.
“No. You need to know the truth.” He said “My brothers…they
