The whole team went back out to the training field together, and I could feel the questions pressing in from all sides.
They did not ask them.
They already knew better.
If I wanted to talk about something, I would. If I did not, nothing on earth was going to drag it out of me. I had learned that early. Silence could be armor if you wore it long enough. Over time, people stopped trying to pry. Or maybe they simply learned that pushing only made me shut down harder.
Either way, they kept quiet.
They did not know what pack I came from. They did not know why I ran. They did not know that I was already planning a future where I rejected my mate the moment I legally could. Only the commander and Austin knew my origins, and that was exactly how I wanted it.
Some things were not meant to be
