Brad POV
It nearly broke Brad’s heart to see that room where she lived in the packhouse basement, so much pain and all her need to be seen and recognized everywhere he looked. He wanted to take all that pain away from her. His own wolf, Benson, whined in pain inside his mind. It was no wonder Piper shut herself off emotionally and didn’t want to talk about things; her life here inside his pack.
Feeling her slide her arms around him, when he hugged her, wanting to accept what little comfort he could offer to her, when there was nothing else he could do about her past, was utterly amazing.
Piper was actually in his arms willingly for the first time and leaning into him. When she turned those eyes of hers up towards him, the way she leaned her chin on his chest, it seemed so comfortable, s
