23. The Edge of Surrender
Salt
I stood outside Raven’s room for a full minute before knocking.
I hated this part. Playing mediator. Trying to translate Norman’s silence into something human. But someone had to. Someone who had seen the alpha behind the weight of his title.
I knocked twice, then pushed the door open.
I didn't have to do this because I really didn't like this girl and her ‘all important’ demeanor and the way she didn't see that Alpha Norman was trying to change her life, but I was doing it for my Alpha. I hated to see him in pain. If it were me, I would have thrown her out already.
I would have asked her to leave and go back to that place where they treated her worse than an abomination.
Raven was seated by the window, arms wrapped around her belly, pale from weakne
