~CELIE’S POV~
After spending a month resting in the Castle Haerford Stronghold in Leaden Valley, I know I wouldn’t be leaving any time soon.
With enough time and care, the wounds have almost disappeared, but the reminders stay like the markings on the walls of the ruins of an abandoned building. Ever since my return, I haven’t had the chance of seeing much of Alpha Egon, who’s fending for me by fighting Cillian’s men, who are forcing him to return me to Hamilton.
Being stubborn as a mule, Egon has been ignorant of his pack’s pleas to abandon me and chooses to put their lives on the line, claiming that he wishes to protect the child that’s growing inside me. From what little I’ve heard from Mistress Fitzer, who is responsible for nursing me back to health, Dark woods stays undefeated t
