The Broken Alpha
“Stupid, pig-headed, idiotic, mate-stealing loser.”
He tied it off and stepped back, swallowing his pride. Lily needed to know that Alpha Nothing was all right. Until then, she wouldn’t fully be his. He would do the right thing by her – even if it were for his own twisted reasons.
“Take this to the Sea Pine pack,” he said to the bird. Its beady eyes blinked, and then it nodded. Its claws tightened on its perch before it pushed away into the sky, leaving behind a single grey feather, coloured like an oil spill at its tip, in its place.