Roman's P.O.V.
“We should head back. We have been gone for a week. Mom is probably worried, since she can’t reach me.” I went on patrol with the guards but I have stayed longer to clear my thoughts. I can see it in my mothers face, she is dying and she is scared. She has always been strong for me, always trying to act like everything is fine when it’s not. I seen the bruises, I heard the stories. But I just let her pretend. She loves me with every fiber in her body, she would do anything for me and for Jade when she was here. My father, he tells me she makes me weak, but I think the opposite, I think she makes me strong. I know with her in my corner I can do anything, she makes me want to be a better man, a real leader. One day I will make this pack a safe place for her, and for my mate a
