Chapter 20 Hatty, Wait for Me

Leonard's POV: Three years. If Lucian hadn't reminded me, I would've almost forgotten Leona existed. Oh, damn me! When Leona's mother died, I promised her Leona would be my one and only little princess. I kept that promise for years. My little princess never let me down. She'd give me back rubs when I was tired. On my birthday, her gifts were always the most thoughtful. Even when I was buried in pack affairs, she never complained. The little girl trailing after Lucian never gave me cause for worry. In those moments, I wanted to give her the best of the Larkspur pack! But sometime along the way, my Leona changed. She stopped being bright and became cranky, and she seemed to find pleasure in picking on Elara. Elara was my stepdaughter. She was a timid, fearful child. Florence and Elara's arrival turned Leona into a prickly little hedgehog. She'd often bully Elara until she cried, completely losing the demeanor of the Larkspur pack's Alpha's daughter. Did she even understand that