Chapter 25: A True Leader

(Donovan's POV)

For weeks, tensions had been rising within the pack, and the burden of responsibility was beginning to show its effects on all of us. Under the stress of internal disagreements and unpredictability, the once rock-solid togetherness that we had laboured so hard to reestablish was beginning to fracture.

The pack's leaders were being looked to for direction as the chaos that had been brewing just below the surface began to boil over.

Because I was one of the primary leaders, I realized that I had to take responsibility for a considerable amount of the failure. My focus was being pulled away by the winding paths that my personal life was taking, and as a result, my obligations were falling through the cracks.

During the time that Aurora and I were working through difficulties and finding solutions to compromises, I had been negligent of my responsibilities to the pack.

One day, as the sun dipped lower in the sky, I made my way towards the area where the pack held its ga