Alissa's POV
My eyes remained fixed on the envelope. Truthfully, I wanted to take it. At least then, I wouldn’t be left with nothing—at least it could cover two years of graduate tuition. At least I wouldn’t have to rely on Ethan entirely.
But then I looked back at this broken home, and the thought slowly faded.
“This is your mother’s doctor money, isn’t it?” I asked.
Elias pressed his lips together. His silence was answer enough.
People like us—we were always robbing Peter to pay Paul, always trapped in a bottomless pit. Never able to protect anything. Never owning anything that truly belonged to us.
Even though my life looked better on the surface, deep down, I knew nothing had really changed. In the past, I relied on Max—my biological father, the Alpha. Now, I relied on Ethan—my s
