215: Harder to betray

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Was this what it felt like to fall off the wheels? I was losing my fucking mind.

I thought a week would be enough to find an alternative to handing over the only woman I’ve ever loved to my pack, but it wasn't. Every waking moment was spent scourging through ancient books in search of a precious stone or magical creature alive that could take her place, but the harsh truth I learned was that she was truly one of a kind.

There was no one who could take her place, who could bring my pack the redemption that ran through her veins. No one.

Knowing that she was unique in every sense of the word made me stupidly fall even deeper in love with her which in turn made it much harder to betray her. The week’s deadline I was given to hand her over had elapsed four days ago and now I was staring at a summoning email from the overall head of the operation—Lucas Shahato.

I was parked outside the gate of my pack’s hideout, wondering why the weight crushing down on my chest wasn't getting any li