CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO

Sarah

“We can’t return,” I tell Dustin before he can get his hopes up too high. Though I do fear it might be too late for that. As he already seems hopeful for our return.

“We made a blood oath,” I explain. “We can’t challenge them for the position of Alpha. I know it wasn’t the right thing to do for the pack, and I’m sorry about that.

“We had to do what was right for our family though. We had to save our son. We hope that eventually everyone might understand that and forgive us. Though we also understand why you wouldn’t.”

That hurts me to say, but I do understand why our pack might feel abandoned in some way. As leaders, we were supposed to always protect them. We had to sacrifice that for our, but it still was difficult for us all.

“I understand that,” Dustin says. “It was difficult for us to lose you as leaders because you are great ones. But we understand that you had to do what was necessary to save Fergus.

“Many of us would sacrifice everything to save our cubs. But so