Grace’s POV
Sarah’s gaze locked onto mine, her hand trembling slightly as she set her mug down between us. The silence stretched, heavy and tense. I waited, bracing for the answer that I wasn’t sure I was ready to hear.
Finally, Sarah spoke, her voice tinged with something like regret. “I didn’t know Hailey was my distant cousin until Jordan introduced her to me while I was visiting my parents in the Shadow Pack. It was... a shock, really. But as we talked, and she shared bits of her past, she mentioned you and Rosie. That’s when I realized how much pain she’d been through.” Her eyes softened with sympathy as she looked at me.
Hearing her words stirred a storm of anxiety inside me. I swallowed hard, unable to hide my fear. “Sarah, you know I’m mated to Alpha Grayson, right? By helping m
