LUCA
The entire Dark River Pack was unnaturally still when I stepped out of the hut with Jaxon cradled in my arms and Lucille right behind me.
The air seemed heavy, thick with a tension I couldn’t quite place, and the faint rustle of the trees in the distance sounded more like whispers of warning than the soothing lullaby I had begrudgingly gotten used to.
I really missed my pack, but if I was being honest, where Kate and my son were was automatically my home.
If she forgiving me and taking me back meant forsaking my role as Alpha and submitting to the real Marco, then I was willing to do it, because I couldn’t bear to be without them.
Plus, being an alpha had brought me nothing but pain. I sincerely wouldn’t miss it.
I was so lost in thought that I didn’t notice Lucille going down u
