“Alpha Jerome was distraught, losing his only child and heir to the Alpha line. He sentenced my father to death. | was forced to


    watch as Alpha Jerome beheaded my father, telling everyone in the pack that he was a traitor and responsible not only for


    James’ death, but also Evan''s. Then as an act of mercy to show his benevolence, | was banished. He sent me off with nothing


    but the clothes on my back at twelve years old. Some mercy. After he spread the lies about my father, no one would take me in,


    so | was living as a rogue in the forest, barely surviving.


    I stop, running my hands over my filthy and knotted hair. The Guardian has tears in her eyes. Liam’s eyes are hard, but it’s him |


    look at as | continue.


    “| had been on my own for several months when | first ran into Luna Este. | was at ake that extended past your borders,


    trying to catch fish or find anything to eat. Your mother saw me and she knew who | was. She came over and sat with me, talking


    to me and asking me how | was surviving. When she realized that | only had the clothes that | was wearing and | was scrounging


    for food, she told me to meet her back there the next day. | was worried that it was a trap, but | was starving, so | waited a little


    farther away, until | saw her arrive at theke. She was carrying a basket of food and clothes.”


    “| met with her and she gave me food, clothes, shoes and a knife. Then she asked if there was anything else that | needed. She


    wanted to know where | was living and if | was safe. After that first day, we started meeting three or four times a week. | would go


    every day to see if she was there, and when she was, she’d bring me food and clothing and we’d talk, sometimes she would


    read to me.”


    | look at Liam again. “Your mother was the only positive thing in my life during that time. She told me she never believed the


    stories that Alpha Jerome had told and that she knew my father was a good man. It helped me to heal just a bit from the pain of


    losing my only family. If it wasn’t for her, I''d probably be dead.”


    | looked down again,ing to the end of the story. “I kept tabs on Alpha Jerome. | wanted to some day take my revenge for


    what he and his son did to my family and that’s how | heard about it. He wanted to take over the Canyon Ridge Pack, but they


    had two Guardians. They were too strong to overthrow, so he was going toe here, to take over your pack. He knew the best


    way to take out your father was to kill your mother. Get to Luna Este, weaken Alpha Leander then kill him and take over the


    pack and packnds. He nned to take another mate and have another heir.”


    “| waited until the day of the battle, following the pack into your territory and


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    when the battle began, | took my opportunity to run to your mother. | wasn’t exactly sure where to find her and in the time it took


    me to get to her, one of Alpha Jerome’s warriors had already gotten to her.”


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    My voice was getting thick with the memories. “When | reached her, she was still alive. She told me to take care of myself and


    stay strong, just before she died.” | can still feel Luna Este reaching up to cup my cheek, before it fell to the ground with her


    death.


    “| don’t remember what | did after that. | think | was hugging her and crying when they found me. The warriors that found me


    immediately assumed | had killed her, so | ran. And I’ve been running ever since.”


    | swallow, trying to relieve the lump in my throat before speaking again. “My own mother died giving birth to me. That time with


    your mother, Luna Este, was the only time I''ve ever had a mother figure in my life, and | wasn’t fast enough to save her.”


    Cooper


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