Tara’s POV “I… am tired…” I let out to Gina, my sister, as I just wasn’t sure of what I could do at that point as I was narrating all of my woes to her. “This is getting harder and harder for me to carry on with. I feel like I am about to be replaced right before my own very eyes…” “Calm down, Tara…” Gina’s words did very little to make me calm down. She put her arms around me in our seated position to make me feel better, but the only thing that could make me feel better at the moment was Ryder’s arms. “But what the heck is actually going on with Ryder?” “Alpha Ryder…” I corrected at once, even though I didn’t know why I was still defending him at that point, even after his behavior which was unlike what an Alpha would display. “Put some respect in his name when you speak of him.” “Oh

