A lot of the pain and the hurt I’d buried was because of Shane. Even though I found the strength to confront him in a way I never believed I’d be capable of, that was just the start of healing.

I had to deal with the damage he caused me over the past year, damage I’d never faced before. But, once I’d opened myself up to all that trauma, I discovered even more from my long years of feeling neglected and unloved in the Boone pack.

Even now, I’m nowhere near close to healing myself. ...