rain pounded me, but I felt nothing-just those cr
l because of a stupid pack title, "fairest she-wolf," won when my raw, unfiltered photo outshone her polished one. She'd rallied her pack to torment
sent rich wolves to chase me, plotting to let wealth corrupt me before abandoning me to despair. She never broke me, not fully, e
hen Rowan
gles. When he learned about my grandma, who needed constant medicine, he didn't judge me. He helped in ways I could accept-small, thoughtful gestures that made life bea
ler and stayed by her side for a full day and night. When I got there, exhausted,
whispered, *This is the one. Trust hi
steady, kind, even fighting h
think the Whitmore pack would let an orphan like her join their sacred bond? Just hired a c
years, and she n
thinks Rowan's h
, stupid
ars mixing with the downpour
aughing wildly, letting
ing. It was Grandma's caretaker. "El
ehicle sped by, horns blaring, lights flashing. I was about to run to the hospital when a rugged Land Rove
rim news: "Respiratory failure. There's no s
frail hand. She forced a smile. "Elena. don't cry. I'
choking on sobs,
eakly. "Where's Rowa
I dialed Rowan's number, over and over. Ea
. She's slipping away. Please come-
aiting. Just one
I'm beg
that moment, the lies, the betrayal-none of it mattered. I just neede
ghtly. "Grandma, Rowan's probably caught up with someth
so happy.
her eyes locked on mine. "E
her gaze fading wit
lm, then collapsed, sobb
affairs, still waiting for a reply from Rowan that never came. In a q
by coming back early, but I'm
ng flowers, his sweaty face grinning softly. Another shot captured t
ter laugh and sh
d Grandma's ashes back to the h
an abortion for
pack-wide healer mission wi
, shocked. "Weren't you ab
flat. "Not anymore.
he didn't press. "You're just in time for the deadli
Go
e day I was suppose
was going to give them a

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