“I can’t believe I’m doing this, but fine. I’ll help you.”
“You will?” I ask.
“I don’t think I have a choice,” he said. “You are my friend, and if I don’t help you, you probably wouldn’t even make it to the capital.”
I lifted my chin slightly in defiance. “You don’t know that.”
“I do,” he said, then nodded down the road, the way I was heading. “That’s not the right way.”
Damien’s POV
Sitting in the dungeon, I quietly reflected on my life and the fate that awaited me. When I’d heard the Alpha King had demanded my execution, I’d been filled with more annoyance than fear. I’d had so much left to do with my life. I wouldn’t even get to see my children.
The pack would be okay, I was sure of that. There were many strong people who I’d worked with who I could trust to lead the pack in my s
