Bound To The Mate Who Broke Me
My back ached from hunching over all morning, but it was a good ache, the kind that came from honest work, not from being crushed in the backseat of a car while my so-called parents drove me to my torture.
"Astrid!"
I turned to find Dustin walking toward me, his silver hair gleaming in the afternoon light. The Silverpine Alpha had aged gracefully in the years since I'd returned, but worry lines had deepened around his eyes and most of them because of me.
"Alpha Dustin," I greeted him warmly.
"How many times must I tell you? It's just Dustin, or better yet, Dad," he said, pulling me into a gentle hug. "When will my favorite healer give herself a break? The patients will survive without you fo