Looking around the rest of her home only made the emptiness of my own estate feel heavier.
For years, I’d believed having the largest estate, the strongest warriors, and the most powerful territory meant I’d succeeded in life.
Standing inside Mirella’s home…
I realized I had been measuring success all wrong.
I didn’t need a bigger estate.
I needed her.
I needed Mirella to fill it with the warmth she had somehow managed to create inside this modest little house.
I wanted a reason to come home that wasn’t another Alpha meeting or another problem waiting to be solved.
I wanted a family.
Quietly making my way down the hallway, I reached what was obviously her bedroom.
The room reflected the rest of the house.
Simple.
Comfortable.
Lived in.
My attention drifted toward her nightsta
