YELENA

The words hit me like a punch.

My chest hurts. Actually hurt.

But she wasn’t done.

“If you had listened to my side,” she said, tears forming in her eyes, “maybe none of us would have been in danger.”

Her voice cracked. “Maybe I wouldn’t have felt lonely again.”

Tears slipped down her cheeks.

“Maybe I wouldn’t have stood in front of our alpha and poured out my heart to someone who never even saw me.”

My throat tightened.

“I wouldn’t have cried like someone ...