Casper
Serene is so delicate. After Lilith left the pack house, she collapsed from exhaustion. The stress of trying to hold her family together has become too much for her to handle, and her body has given out.
Now, I am sitting by her hospital bed, watching her sleep. I wish the Moon Goddess had paired me with her instead of Lilith. She is a much better match for me and for Luna of the Moonclaw Pack.
"Cyrus," she moans in her sleep.
The sound of that name on her lips feels wrong, and I hate it. It should be my name that she is calling out, not his. Not after everything we have been through together. I am the one who has protected her all of these years. I am the one who has picked up the broken pieces.
She whimpers for him again, and my heart wrenches painfully. I push th
