Chapter 4: Honest to God talk Ari's POVI watched my brother's face as he struggled with disbelief and then another emotion I couldn't decipher. I think it was a surprise. Storm was surprised that someone like me could fail at something so mundane. I chuckled…it was a sad sound but it was all I got. "And that look right there was why I stayed away from you, from our parents and from the pack. Because everyone expects me to be Ari freaking Thunderbolt Black, the future of the Bayblue pack…pride of his parents…hero! Role model! Savior! It was too much, Storm and I cracked, okay? I couldn't hack life outside the pack and I was miserable. I failed most of my first year courses and slipped right into depression…""Why didn't you say anything?" He asked me."What was I supposed to say, Storm? What was I supposed to do? Let you and everyone else down? On what grounds? What would be a good enough reason to give to you, our parents and the pack? So, I did what I have always done, I pushed on
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