Charlie’s POV I was hiding again and I hated it. I hated being a scared little mouse all the time. I hated my life. Period. When my parents sent me here to Hazelwood pack to live with my brother, I thought it would be a new beginning for me, a chance to reinvent myself. But the only thing that changed was geography, because where Alpha Quade went terror and torment inevitably followed. I’d spent my life hiding in Blood Claw pack from men empowered by Alpha Quade to take what they wanted, with or without consent. Mostly without. When he named my brother his Beta in Hazelwood, my parents thought he’d be able to protect me here and he tried, he really did. But here I was, hiding again. “Let’s go. There's no one in here.” I heard one of the men searching the room say. My heart raced in fear but at hearing his words, hope rose that I might go undetected. I had no idea who these men were but they weren’t Quade’s men. I hadn't seen him or my brother for weeks. But in my experience,
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