Chapter 231

Isaac tilts his head down to look at my hand. He reaches for it, playing with the band of my ring and tracing the Greyhound insignia with the pad of his thumb.

“I’m not angry at what needs to happen, Alpha. I’m just-”

Isaac’s brows knit together as he tries to search for a specific word. The scrunch of his face tells mé he failed and frustration begins to bleed into his expression,

“I just didn’t think that the first time I’d set foot into Duskfall since then, it would be because we’d need to see how intact it is for future settlement. I would’ve thought that when I did come back, years after leaving, it’d be because I was ready. It’d be because I’d finally set things right and avenged each and every one of them.”

Isaac lets go of my hand but doesn’t look up. His shoulders slump forward.

“It’s been over four years for me. Been that way since I left for Ga mma training. The day I left, I never expected anything to change when I’d come back.

He lets out a dry laugh imbued with self-deprecation,

“Didn’t think I’d come back as the last living pack member, that’s for sure.”

I’m right beside you. So is

remind him, knowing that anything else I say wouldn’t have as much meaning for him than

even if I hate her for everything else.

Isaac shuts his eyes,

Take my home back. Take it for

open and the smile on

so that you finally have that chance at life

clear he doesn’t need me to. We don’t say much of anything after that. The sound of water rushing down between the rocks fill up the space left between us. And if his eyes began to mist over

hand on

words seemed to fail, actions made up for

week had been the busiest I’ve

He’d expected it, if the lack of surprise he

Williams reprieve over the topic of ownership of Duskfall. Apparently the other Alphas had been insistent on finally occupying the territory after years of desolation. While he

The Female Alpha’s Sanctuary

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