Chapter 2

I couldn't have some stupid, fragile, feelings of regret and agony because we didn't have time for that. Jeremy, Stella, and Liam couldn't afford some dumb breakdown from me, so once I woke up the next day, I quickly stored away in emotions of grief I felt over my father and sucked it up. This wasn't the time to cry. I had to be strong. Even if I didn't feel exactly strong. Then again, I had told myself to be strong after my mother's death and looked where I ended up. I shouldn't be feeling sorry for myself, anyway. At least I had Liam, Stella, and Jeremy. Even if we weren't talking and weren't exactly getting along, I knew they would never turn on me and I would never turn on them. Besides, it was either stay behind at Alpha Beckett's and be forced to be with Adam or fight. Fight against Alpha Beckett and the annoying pests that were called the Purgatory. Though I guess you could say we were out numbered and perhaps over our heads, i