Alaric's POV
I knew I messed up. I didn't know what to do, and I couldn't bring myself to face Samantha. Guilt had been eating me up since that day, especially knowing I had hurt Kennedy to the point his wolf couldn't heal on its own.
Was I turning into a monster because of her?
"You need to let her go, Alaric," I heard Kayson, my Beta, say from across the table in my office, where he sat directly opposite me. I squinted, surprised at where his statement stemmed from.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Kayson," I said; my nerves were wrecked at the possibility of him finally confronting me.
"You think I'm a fool, Ric?" Kayson said, sitting up, like he had been waiting for this moment. "I'm not just your Beta; we've been friends since childhood, and you think because I had kept q
