Madeline:

“They need a safe place now more than ever,” Ron continued.

“Sadly, my pack is no longer safe for them.” A trace of sadness lingered in his voice as it cracked slightly.

“I can take them to my pack,” Byron suggested. “She can become a member there. My pack members are pretty chill. I don’t think they’ll go against me if I want to keep her there.”

I don’t think Byron understood the severity of me being a gray wolf.

He was just trying to stay positive, but I feared things would get much worse once he suggested keeping me in his pack.

“Oh, the innocence and trust people place in their pack members,” Ron remarked softly.

Though subtle, the comment caught my attention immediately, and I was sure Byron caught it too.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Byron asked.

His tone was not taunting, only questioning.

“I’m just saying. I trusted my pack members too, and look what they did to me,” Ron muttered.

He was not wrong. His pack members had turned out to be the worst kind of greedy and selfish.

“My pack is different,” Byron replied, sounding offended as he defended them.

“Well then, your pack will get banned from all kinds of advantages and charities,” Ron pointed out.

He did not sound like he was trying to change Byron’s mind, just warning him about the consequences.

“My pack has survived that before. I don’t really care about these people’s charities,” Byron responded casually.

“Let’s just get to the motel first,” Ron suggested.

The rest of the car ride was filled with awkward, painful silence.

Or maybe I was the only one in pain.

My body still ached, and I could tell I had a fever. I began to wonder if every transition would feel this painful.

Finally, the car stopped. The sudden jolt partially woke me up.

I placed my hand weakly against the door, but before I could push it open, Ron opened it for me.

“Hey, you’re awake,” he whispered, his eyes softening at the sight of me.

I had not made many friends in my life, but I had met many people.

And I had never met someone as genuinely pure as Ron.

Apart from Baxter, whom I had been deeply connected to emotionally, mentally, and physically, almost everyone else in my life had betrayed me in one way or another.

That was why Byron standing beside me felt so different.

Ron was a very good friend too.

Byron held his hand out toward me, and I placed mine in his. I needed the support.

It felt like Ron’s blood was rushing

with pain

because the moment he

stepped out of the car, he started pacing around.

“Come on, guys, hurry up,” he urged, waving his hands at us.

There was panic in his voice, and hearing it made me realize just how serious and dangerous the situation truly was.

So I forced my body to move faster.

The moment I stepped out of the car, we hurried toward our motel room.

That was when I noticed the motel manager rushing toward the rooms ahead of us.

But the second he saw us, he froze.

Slowly, he raised his hands in surrender and began stepping backward.

That was when I knew my videos had already gone viral.

Everyone knew what kind of monster I was.

And the motel manager had probably been heading toward the rooms to throw my family out before we got there.

“You stay right there,” Ron warned,

pointing directly at him. “Don’t go ét

around telling anyone that

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“Alphas, I don’t want any trouble,” the manager said, barely able to look at me.

The fear in his eyes made it obvious that he was terrified of me.

“And neither do we. We’re not here to take over the place. We’ll leave once we collect our family, okay?” Byron assured him, gesturing with his hands to show that we had no intention of attacking anyone of staying there permanently

We all knew that if we stayed, his business would suffer.

Sooner or later, the council and the alphas would come after us, and that would only bring destruction to the property.

His property.

“But while we’re here gathering our belongings, we don’t want you contacting anyone,” Ron warned him.

It was his way of buying us more time because, for now, very few people knew where we were.

I was pretty sure the council still did not know whether we had already left or were still here.

But if the manager gave them our location, things would turn messy very quickly.

The manager finally looked at me, and I watched his body shudder.

He quickly lowered his head and nodded.

“Okay, okay,” he mumbled, rubbing his hands together anxiously.

I felt terrible for putting everyone through so much.

Then we rushed inside the room, and it seemed as though my children had been

expecting me to return with their father.