Oz
I didn’t know what I was expecting, but the hodge-podge of almost derelict cabins wasn’t it. No one should live like this. It was a shanty town, the small homes barely fit for dogs. It made something pang in my chest. This was where Laura had grown up. And she had dedicated her life to providing for her family. Hell, she had been willing to give herself to the pack to be used as a broodmare and all for duty.
I knew all about duty. I lived my life to it. Duty to my country and to my team. And going forward, I would fulfil my duty to Laura as well because she was my mate, and that’s what I needed to do. But it wasn’t the same as this. These shifters, these dire wolves, had twisted family duty into something grotesque.
“Easy, Oz.” Ace’s voice sounded in my ear, a low warning that he cou
