The Alpha's Pen Pal
“How old was he? When his mom died?”
“Nine,” I told her, rubbing her hand with my thumb, realizing that was the age she’d been when Jack fell ill and social services removed her from their home.
“Was she sick?”
“An accident,” I muttered, looking back over at the old fire pit.
It was the only thing I could think of to tell her that made sense. I couldn’t tell her Stephanie had died while defending the pack from rogues during an attack. She’d been one of our best warriors, so she’d been one of the first to jump into the fray for every attack we had that year when we had a major problem with rogues in the area.