Chapter 102

Lucas POV

I sat in my study, nursing a glass of whisky as a storm brewed in my mind.

The revelation that Lily wasn’t Alpha Gregory’s biological daughter had changed everything. It explained so much—the coldness she had endured, the scorn from certain members of the pack, the maltreatment from both her father and her sister. It all made sense now.

I clenched my jaw, the glass trembling slightly in my grip.

No wonder he had been determined to drive her out of the pack in the middle of the night with nothing but an old rickety car. Alpha Gregory, the man who had raised her, who had pretended to be her father, had been behind it all.

My wolf snarled beneath my skin. How many times had Lily cried herself to sleep, believing she wasn’t good enough? How many times she had endured the pack’s whispers, the subtle jabs that she killed her mother and the not-so-subtle exclusion?

I set my glass down, leaning back in my chair as a grim determination settled over me. I had failed to protect Lily in