Reina’s POV
I tried to scour my memories from the day the previous Alpha and Luna Kingsley were lost. I was just a teenager, tucked away in the shadows of a pack that didn't want me. I had never even spoken to them. How could I be the cause of their deaths? The logic wasn't there, but Zayne’s words had wounded me deeply.
I had made a silent pact with myself never to shed another tear for the man who had killed my trust. I wanted to be cold. I wanted to be indifferent.
But as I sat in the secluded gazebo, the words of his hatred crushed me more and more. I cried until my chest ached, the sobs racking my body in a display of weakness I had fought so hard to hide.
The accusations hadn't just scratched the surface; they had dug into the old scars of my illegitimacy, making me feel like a s
