Hesitantly, I walked over to Elyon's bed.
He had a bandage wrapped around his head, and ropes tied around his arms and legs.
As my scent reached him, he gradually opened his eyes.
"Becca!", he murmured with a tone of disbelief mixed in. "Come closer, my love".
I leaned down to him and fixed my gaze upon the eyes that had misled me for years. My heart constricted, there was no way I would permit him to harm me once more.
"Not a day has gone by without my guilt gnawing at me. Forgive me, my love. I wish I could have done it differently, but I had to prioritize the interests of our pack."
A sharp pain ripped through my heart and I gasped for breath. So not only did he sacrifice our love for a mate, but also for the sake of securing a position that was rightfully his all along. As the A
