MAVERICK On my knees, with my wounds bleeding, I knew it was over for me, nothing could be done about it, no hope of surviving this. I'm a hopeless fool with no resolution, I'm a failure to my pack for not protecting my Luna and the people I love. I have failed them... I'm not worth being called an alpha anymore. I knew deep down that Elissa was feeling the same pains I was feeling at that point, and I didn't have any way to stop it from happening, because all I could feel was how sorry I was. I'm a sorry loser and an excuse for an alpha. If I should reject Elisa, it would only worsen her death and mine, but if I die right now, she will die slowly and can be saved if someone else marks her. She would be safe. I heard Jemiah calling out to me, which took me out of my thoughts, but

