Looking all around I realized there was no place for me to hide. Not from Sterling or the pack. I did the only thing I could. Crawling under the thick comforter I wrapped myself tightly inside of it. My own cocoon. It wasn’t long till I heard a light tapping on the door as it creaked open. “Nova,” Sterling’s gentle voice echoed through the room. The bed creaked as he sat beside me. His hand resting on my hip, gently patting me. “You’ve been through a lot these last few days. But you can’t hide on the alpha floor forever” “You think this is what I want to do?” I said from under the blanket, “I’ve never been so helpless since I was a teenager. I thought I had built a better life for myself. Grown stronger in my own way. Then in less than a week I’ve been shown that it was all a lie I k

