[Ian]
My heart hurt when Fern said she hated me, but I knew she didn’t mean any of it. She was just being emotional. Fern needed to realize that her childish ideas about our pack and relationship were romantic fantasies.
I sighed and shook my head, setting her down on her feet. “Fern, you’re letting your anger and hurt cloud your judgment. I didn’t betray the pack. I was willing to give it all up, find a powerful wolf to take over, or dissolve the pack into safer, established packs. Our pack wasn’t likely to last past the kids graduating high school. I wasn’t going to be Alpha forever. Marking and mating Bailey has nothing to do with you or the pack, it’s about our bond, our love for each other.”
“It’s because she’s a monster and everyone’s afraid of what she’ll do if she doesn’t have
