98 The Alpha's Resolve

~Adrian~

I had thought I could live with the consequences of what happened at the after-party.

I had thought it was okay that my cousin was Alpha; at least it remained in the family.

I had thought it would be okay, but having to walk out of Harper's bedroom showed me how fucked up my situation was.

From the moment I saw her outside the restaurant, I knew I couldn't live with what I had been living with any longer. If not for anything but for her sake.

I would have let her go that night. As hard as it would have been, I would have let her go to spare her the heartache and the shame, but I couldn't. Not because she told me not to but because I couldn't hurt her and hurt myself.

With all the clouds in my life, Harper was the only sunshine, the only good thing that had happened to me in a while. But it seemed holding on to her would be unfair.

I walked out of the Grizlo packhouse, broken and destroyed.

I told her it was a mistake coming there; I told her I wouldn't come anym