Chapter 76.

”Annabeth accepted him. They married each other, he took the throne next to hers and swore his allegiance to the pack. I knew the risks of stepping forth, of connecting with her again. Annabeth would scream out for me, the panic she experienced from not being able to shift or contact me still lives on in my heart. But I couldn't have our bond ruining the pack or the throne. So I stayed away.” Alana looked down at the floor. Her heart clenched harder in her chest and I felt the urge to cry as her emotions entwined with my own.

”Eventually, the queen became pregnant. She had two children, a boy, and a girl. The throne had an heir. The queen realized by now that she and I wouldn't meet again. The choice did not lay in her hands, she was dealt a faith she had to live with. I had retreated so far that I couldn't come back even when I wanted to, the queen no longer had her wolf. But I could never in a million years presume she would do what she did next. As soon as her children were born a