
Inside the jacket
Just as I was about to bring Alpha Rufus the joyous news—the heir who would continue the bloodline of the Emerald Earth Pack—I was struck by a bitter truth. For three years, I had stood by his side, believing I was loved. Yet our togetherness shattered in an instant, crushed beneath the weight of the lies he had kept hidden all this time.
But that was only the beginning.
Never in my darkest nightmares did I imagine my heart would be stolen—death had claimed me.