Chapter 133

Even after these people have heard the truth, they still decide to stick with Alpha Beckett, I duly glance down at the wolves around me and shake my head. Maybe it's because they're monsters too. Or they're scared. Scared just like Adam.  As Adam's name repeats in my head, I look around, wondering where he is and if he too had decided to run off and avoid the fight. And even if he did decide to run off, I wasn't mad. Because at least he had told me the truth. He told me the truth when no one else would. And for that, I was grateful. Grateful to know that this whole time, Adam was afraid. Afraid of his father and I could only wonder what Alpha Beckett did to put so much fear into him. It must have been traumatic, because when we were little, before my mother died, he wasn't afraid. Not of his father and not of the world. He was brave and daring and so was I. Maybe that's why I was so reluctant to let go of Adam and our friendship. Because he made m