VANCE'S POV
I thought I was going to feel like a hero. I had just saved her dream, but I couldn't even stay to look at her face, after dropping from the log. My father's gaze of disappointment weighed heavy on my shoulders. I left.
I wish I could say I left and didn't look back, but that was far from the truth. Not only did I look back, I lurked around the entire time. I watched from the shadows as she got crowned head Alpha. No one ever thought she was going to make it. I felt proud, without any regrets whatsoever—but only for a short while.
“You fell in love with a deceiver and gave up your spot on the board?” My father was standing in the middle of my room. He was sounding calm, as though he was trying to understand me.
“I told you, father, that's not what happened,” I defended,
