I turned to the Alpha in shock. But his words made me pause. He was suggesting he arrange for me to return to my own pack. Was that not implying he felt it was better for me not to be here? If he was offering me this way out, did that mean he was seeing things I did not know? He likely knew his son better than me, and now this offer felt more of a warning.
My mind began to be overrun with the possibilities. Of the things that I should do. I had come here with a purpose. Admittedly, that purpose seemed to have expanded the moment Zaine had stepped foot onto his pack and his entire persona had altered... but I had come to help my friend all the same. Yet this shift in him scared me, and the fact his own father was advising me to return home worried me further...
‘Do not abandon him.’ Shi
