*Damian’s POV*
I felt bad for Annabella, and I could understand her fear of being without me, I was her buffer against her family. Often she’d make the Pack House her home just to escape them. She was also the only one who understood what I went through growing up under my father’s roof, a father who hates his only son, and she could relate to an extent with her own personal set of experiences. Both our parents were cold and heartless toward us and I felt protective over her because of it. I could still remember that one summer when we went to the beach house George’s family owns, we spent two weeks there, just the three of us. It was the happiest and most carefree time of my life, just being three young adults on a break, no responsibilities, no eyes on us, no judgment... it was a time I
