My entire body was trembling as I stepped out into the open air. My heart was pounding so hard I swear I could feel it in my ears. I was terrified. Shocked at the things that had just happened within the walls of my home. A home that was already filled with so many bad memories, but now I had more to add to them. I tried to compose myself, but nothing I did worked. I felt like I was waiting. Expecting the moment my father flew after us. Demanding me home. But it never came…
Instead, Alpha Carter walked me from my family home, striding confidently and without so much as a hesitation. He seemed to know what he was doing. He was calm. Or he appeared to be. As we neared the end of the driveway on which me home sat, he turned to me. “Are you okay?” he asked softly. The softest I think I may h
