Lyanna’s POV

I stood rigid as the Alpha hugged me tightly, and I didn’t know what to do. The Alpha I knew was a formidable, cold-blooded man, but the man in the room with me was different.

He was a vulnerable man, who seemed to need protection from this cruel world, and that made me believe maybe all of us had judged him all wrong.

“I’m sorry, but I’m not going to leave you,” I whispered as I patted his back.

While sitting on the floor with him, since I couldn’t take him to ...