Anywhere he would have gone was taken from him. His home in the castle, gone. His home with his pack, gone. All his power, his authority, his sway in the Council, all gone. Sometimes he wondered if it was worth it, if all this vicious loneliness was worth putting her first, but then he’d feel her heartbeat alongside his own, or feel a jolt of happiness flow through him with a warmth that felt like fire, and he’d know that it was.
