Chapter43: Freedom

Maya "Alpha Alaric, This might be the first time I've ever dared to approach you..." The pen quivered in my grasp, a painful reminder of the haunting memories flashing before my eyes—images of the twins entwined with those women. God. This was worse than I’d thought it was. “Our lack of connection, I must confess, lies largely with me. Carrying the weight of the Sterling name as my mother's daughter, acceptance within this pack has been an elusive dream. To be honest, I never cared about it because I knew that day when I’d be accepted as a normal pack member would never come. Yet, amidst this solitude, your kindness helped me survive, by treating me just like a member of the pack, not as your mistress’s daughter. And for that, I'm absolutely grateful. But today, as I spill my truth onto these pages, I carry a burden unknown to our pack. Though your sons have sensed hints of it, I can't linger until they fully comprehend. I must stay alive—for the life burgeoning within me, growing with