Ayla's POV
After discovering the truth behind the death of Alpha Liam's mother, the weight of my guilt never left. It followed me like a shadow whispering in the back of my mind.
Staying beside him had become a slow-burn punishment. It was a sharp reminder of what happened during the war and how our packs were involved, especially my parents, who everyone claimed had initiated the Creeze Bloody War—without proof.
Now, I couldn’t help but think about his mother, especially when I looked into his eyes, which held a pain I now fully understood.
It was too much. The war had taken so much from him—from us.
And instead of being innocent and numb from the accountability, I made a choice.
I would stay at Alpha Liam's side. I would support him, no matter the cost, because I had already told m
