~JADE~A whimper caught in my throat, and I quickly covered my mouth with both hands to stifle any noise. I pressed myself against the wall, hoping the length of the refrigerator would hide me from his view if he chose to come in.It hadn't planned to eavesdrop on the conversation or go after him. I knew how to mind my business when necessary. Hunter often had pack-related meetings in the house with his father and I never made it a habit to eavesdrop or interfere unless I was called upon.So, I had no reason to go after him or interfere, even though the way he was acting after accidentally nicking my skin was suspicious. I had the mind to turn over and lay on the bed because what else would I do? But I was uncomfortable seeing the bowl of unfinished porridge on the bed. He was too distracted when he sprinted out of the room to take the bowl with him, and I didn’t have the appetite for more food. I could choose to sit on the bed aimlessly for his return. However, I was never one to abu

~LEVENA~‘You can’t just up and leave Jade. You need to calm down and think this through.’ I tried to reason with her as she started peeling off the shirt.‘There’s nothing to think through, Lev. I thought I blocked you out already.’ ‘You can block me out when you barely have any control over yourself. Leaving is a bad idea if there’s any chance that our pup is still out there.'‘He is fucking dead. He's gone.’ Jade yelled, cutting me off. I stayed quiet, watching as another sob wracked through her body. ‘Stop trying to make me have hope, Lev; he is gone,’ she whispered in between sobs.‘And what if he isn’t? If there’s a chance that he’s still out there, you’ll cost us our one chance at ever finding him. We won’t survive out there, Jade, not this time. Reign can keep us safe; he can help us find him, and we can’t keep running. We won’t survive another week out there,’ I reasoned with her but she shrugged like it didn’t matter.‘That’s the point, Lev; I know we won’t survive out ther

~LEVANA~Reign’s fist clenched as he paced the room. I saw the change in his demeanour the minute I said those words to him. I could’ve lied about it and told him something different. If I had told him I was present because I wanted to meet him, that would be true, but it wasn’t the exact reason I was present and Jade wasn’t, even though I had been eager to meet him ever since we opened our eyes and I knew he was our mate. Reign deserved to know the truth, even if he isn’t taking the news in a good light, but I couldn’t lie to him about Jade wanting to leave and I’d hope telling him might make him see that he needs to make us trust him and convince her to stay.No matter what I say to dissuade Jade, even if she stays back now, it is only a matter of time before she starts having doubts about him again. Despite how well I understand her concerns and share most of her worries, I also know that we cannot be alone, we cannot find our pup ourselves, and without a pack, we would be as good a

~REIGN~She wiped her teary eyes at my words and I knew she understood what I was driving at. Despite how angry I was, I couldn’t help but feel something else for her right now—those same feelings I felt around Emerald that I couldn’t quite explain because they were foreign to me.“I can convince her; I just need to convince her that she can trust you and that you are good for us.”“Am I?” I also had to ask myself that question. Was I really good for them? She doesn’t even know the real me; just earlier today, I slipped and almost hurt her. The monster lurking inside me slips out when I least expect it and I can’t even guarantee that I can protect them from it when it does slip out.“You’ve been good to us; you’ve treated us with nothing but kindness; you’ve been trying to help us find our pup, and no other Alpha would’ve done that for us. You have to understand that we’ve been hurt badly due to the things that happened to us; she just can’t trust blindly. We did once and it burned us