Starting fresh? My lips curved into the faintest, most bitter smile.
If only she knew.
If only she understood what those five years had done to me… to my wolf… to everything I once believed in.
Some things don’t reset. Some bonds don’t heal.
And some wounds… they don’t close.
I let out a bitter laugh. “Miriam…”
“Don’t think I’m meddling,” Miriam continued gently, placing another serving onto my plate, “but I’ve watched Alpha Victor grow up. I know his nature. If he truly disliked you, he wouldn’t be trying to make things right.”
My fingers stilled. Make things right?
The words felt foreign… almost laughable.
She added an egg to my plate, her movements calm. “Besides, you two have children together. No matter what, you’re still Jasper’s mother. That bond can never be completely sev
