Kapitel 138: Choosing To Stay

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Our conversation lingered in my mind long after she retreated to the room with Ash. Her fear of me—or perhaps what I represented—was obvious, but it wasn't just me she feared. It was clear that the scars left behind by Ash's father, that so-called alpha wolf, ran deep. The thought of him made my blood boil. How could anyone, especially someone meant to protect her, have hurt Leila so badly? The idea that she carried that pain because of him, that it had pushed her to run from me, made my chest ache with anger and sorrow.

Ash's father might be the boy's sire, but he was nothing more than a fool in my eyes. When the day inevitably came that we crossed paths, I wouldn't hesitate to tell him just how much of an idiot he'd been. He let go of someone extraordinary—my mate, my beloved. And for that, he deserved nothing less than to feel the full weight of his mistakes.