"Feels like yesterday, yet it's been over a year," Leon hugs me from behind and silence
engulfs us, my thoughts trailing to Lily and Max Ross. They requested an audience with me
, but I declined it. I'm not ready for that yet. I'm afraid the pain will come back, the misery I
buried, and the weakness I felt back then was asphyxiating.
All the beatings I received from them or the members, when I'd beg them to stop or take me
away from this pack.
"All that is in the past, my love," Leon must have sensed my emotions through the bond.
"Weakness, the abuse, and the dirt is all gone; you rose above it with grace and showed us
what you're really made for and now, they regret treating you the way they did," He says, I
lean into his chest
"I'm just a bit scared that it will come back,"
"No, my Queen doesn't have to be troubled about that, and if it manages to creep in, just
know that I got you,"
