(Nikita's P.O.V.) I ran for a long time until Tala was able to quiet down and listen to me. When I tried to ask Tala about the specifics of her situation, she fell into a deep sleep. I lay down on the leaves of the forest and covered my eyes with the back of my hand, but my tears still flowed. I haven't cried since my dad died because I didn't want my mother to worry about me. I know how hard it was for my mother before she became a female alpha, and when my father died, many of the pack alphas treated her like a w***e. They humiliated her by saying they would help her rebuild the pack if she would just open her legs, and my mother fought those bastards with her life every time. Even if it was the fault of those bastards, the media will always smear my mother, whenever a woman has s*x