Alaric’s POVI can’t help it. Whenever I’m near her, it soothes my wolf. Loved, peaceful, and happy, her presence brings a sense of calm I’ve never known. Over the years, I’ve been a loner. Nothing stirs joy or even contentment in me. I’ve tried to drown it out, spending nights with whores, their fleeting touches meaningless despite my wolf’s primal hunger. I keep my distance from mated wolves, their bonds a reminder of a vulnerability I refuse to entertain. Yet, here I am, drawn to Tessa Icevein, the pull cracking the walls I’ve built around my heart. Love terrifies me. Its scars run deep, caused by my mother’s betrayal after my Alpha father’s death. She remarried, choosing her new mate’s claim to the tribe over me, her own son. She drove me out at age 5, her act still traumatized me. Abandoned, I scraped through a brutal life until a strange Alpha took me in, his daughter Selene loving me like a brother. But when my grandfather reclaimed me to lead the Frostbane Pack, I swore never
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