“I don’t know why he chose that way, Seline. But in public, Austin had no choice.” She sighs. “Like I said, you shouldn’t forgive so quickly, but do keep your heart open. Austin has been raised to put the pack before himself, and this time he took it too far. I guess it was only till he was on his last leg that we realized we couldn’t do this to him anymore. Even if we had not spoken up against the pack elders, I don’t think he would have stayed. He was suffering every day he spent away from you.”
There’s a knock on the door interrupting the conversation, and it’s one of the soldiers. He beams at me. “Your father’s here for a visit.”
I wince. It’s a little difficult to think of Sam as my father.
“Thanks, you can let him in.”
The soldier lingers. “You want me to get you Austin or so
