Lurgard.
"My pup and I are leaving…Alphas of Ironclad Pack." Theresa's voice rang across the room, steady and unyielding, cutting through everything like a final verdict.
I froze.
Completely.
For a second, it felt like the world had gone still around me, her words echoing over and over in my head.
She was… leaving?
Just like that?
After everything?
It had taken us six years…six whole years…to finally find her again, to stand in the same space with her, to even begin fixing what had been broken.
And now…she wanted to walk away and it is because of him. Just because she was still willing to protect something that belonged to Alex.
My jaw tightened.
How pathetic.
"Theresa, calm down," Lawrence said quickly, all the earlier tension in his voice gone as he rushed forward without hesitation.
He pulled her into his arms, holding her as if that alone could stop her from slipping away again.
