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“Really?”

“Yes, at every point you see with me”

“No,” I say and let out a s about Caleb and Dom I don’t understand why they would just follow”

He hesitates, searchinghow easy it was for the others will help you” I doubt that, but I’ to share with me

“Can you tell me about your old pack too?”

“What do you want to know?”

“Everything” I want to know everything I feel like I’m the only one who’s clueless and I’m tired of it

“Okay Well, for starters, I hate my old pack and they are worthy of my conte the spot next toon the bed With his ar around me, he pulls me in and I don’t object to his touch in the least Even if it is distracting “My father was Alpha” His hand runs through my damp hair as he talks “I was a pup when he died and I hardly re about hied quickly and got out of hand so suddenly” His hand stills as he takes a deep breath

“I was too young to take over; it was ht for the position A shifter by the nas” His brow furrows and he stares straight ahead as he continues “The pack started dealing drugs My mother became addicted I remember more of her than ry with her It felt like she nored us” His fingers pinch the bridge of his nose and he heaves in a deep breath “She died a year or two later and that’s when things got worse”

I rub his chest in encourage small kisses on his shoulder, I tell hi my words

“One day, the day I left, I heard the, “They used totheh my body Suddenly, I don’t know if I want hi They threw him in with tolves Not shifters, just aniry animals”

“Oh asp as tears prick my eyes

“I knew he’d heal, but only if he could fight theet him out and run before they killed him No one stopped us” He finally meets my eyes “Did you notice the scar on his nose?”

I nod and whisper ht he broke it”

“It’s scarred froether to heal right I’ve offeredthe ently tucks a loose strand of hair behindThey would’ve let him die All for entertainment and a bit ofmy stray tears on his warm body

The urge to cry nearly overwheler for Devin to continue Pressing ainst his, I nestle as close as I can and wait for him to continue

With a deep breath, he does

“We left that night and I was detero back By then I was fourteen and just co into adulthood WeHe was out hunting in wolf form, alone after his parents died A bear had ventured into their den at night It was just the three of them His dad eventually killed the bear, but his wounds were too deep and he bled out before he was able to heal” I s hard and try to get rid of the knot in my throat I hadn’t expected all this heavy information

Each one of theed in a way I could never know

“Vince was hurting and in deep need of comfort and companionship He was a bit older, but when I led us toward the river, he followed A feeeks later, we found Doue wolves who’d fled their shit pack together I found out eventually that Dom had killed his father and uncle, then taken Caleb with hi for theed their presence and continued to lead my small pack south, to warmer lands before the winter storms would cause us too many problems They followed us At first they kept a few ht e set up caed” He s his fingers down the curve ofI knew they’d come so I’d cooked extra meat and left it to the side for them For whenever they decided that they could trust us”