All Chapters of The Wrong Alpha’s Heir : Chapter 71

—• DAMON POV•—The afternoon sun was bright and scorching overhead, but the shade of the training field pavilion gave me some relief. A guard stood quietly at my left, his posture straight, while a maid stood on my right, holding out a silver tray with water and a towel in case I needed it.The sound of fists meeting flesh, the grunts of effort, the barked orders from their instructor… It all blended together, steady and rhythmic. It should have been a distraction, but my wolf and I both knew why I had dragged myself out here. I wasn’t supposed to be here. Not really. The Alpha doesn’t waste time watching junior warriors practice. I had council meetings, reports stacked on my desk, lands that needed my judgment.But the truth was, I needed something—anything—to keep my mind from going back to her.Avery.The scar on her face. The way she had looked at me with so much hurt. The way she had held the baby, and for the first time, he stopped crying. That memory hadn’t left me since last n