Chloe POV
“What a stressful last twenty-four hours,” Cortina sighed, still exhausted from our lack of sleep and excessive use of magic yesterday.
“I agree.”
After the air was cleared between Rodger and I last night, we stayed in my office talking about the past, what happened with my mom and Alpha Carlton. Hearing why I had grown up as an orphan hurt. My mother being killed because of Fire Moon Pack’s prejudices and the Alpha’s need to control reinforced what I had always known.
Fire Moon Pack was full of monsters. All of them. How could every single one of the ranked wolves condone taking a pregnant shewolf from her fated mate and killing her all because she was mated to a witch?
I could feel Rodger’s pain. He fought through tears to tell me his entire story. When he was done, I hugged him, unable to keep my distance any longer, seeing him relive all his heartache in some misplaced attempt to confess all the ways he thought he had failed me and my mother.
He didn’t fail me. He was a
