I held his gaze.
"After I left Crescent Pack, I went to Silvermoon Pack to study medicine."
"As an Omega from a no-name pack, I was treated like something on the bottom of everyone's shoe. People mocked me, pushed me around, sabotaged my work to make me fail."
"But I didn't stop. Because if I had, it meant you were right. That an Omega is worthless. That I deserved to be less."
"For three years, I slept four hours a night. Every spare minute went to studying, practicing, pushing myself past the point where other people stopped. I was injured. I was sick. I cried more times than I can count."
"But I never once regretted leaving."
I paused.
"Because leaving is what made me who I am."
I looked at him steadily.
"And you, Alpha Ethan , you say you regret it. But if you could go back, w
