[Abbie’s POV]
“I wasn’t supposed to shift in front of anyone.” I say slowly, shivering. “I promised my parents after my first shift that I wouldn’t ever let anyone see me as a wolf. Of course, when I was alone, it was fine, but with the pack and others, I couldn’t. You see, my father didn’t want the fact that I was larger and stronger than Andrew to interfere with his ascension to beta. He used the excuse that he didn’t want us siblings fighting, but my father is very old-fashioned. He believes that the woman should stay at home and be a wife while the man should help protect the pack.”
Growing quiet, I let myself remember my father’s furious gaze and his insistence that I come home and become engaged to Desmond. I couldn’t quite place why during that time, for the first time since I was
