After Six Years The Alpha Begs For My Return Chapter 46
It was a door I had chosen to open with my own hands.
For the first time since leaving White Ash River, my wolf gave a clear answer to a new collective link.
*Acceptance.*
I pushed my mother’s wheelchair out of the inpatient building into a clear autumn sky. Bright sunlight poured down, warm and welcoming, as if this city that had been cold for so long had finally turned a new page.
Reese helped her into the back of the van, then opened the passenger door and looked at me.
“You’ve decided?”
“I have.”
“Still leaving?”
I got in, fastened my seatbelt, and glanced at my mother in the rearview mirror.
She was leaning against a soft cushion, a hint of color in her face, the long-lost warmth of her wolf returned to her scent. Her eyes moved past my shoulder to Reese, and then she gave me a tiny nod.
Only I understood what it meant.
I turned back to the road ahead.
“Let’s go.”
Not running away from Gray Harbor.
Not following a stronger Alpha.
Just going toward the new pack, new work, and new life I had chosen for myself.
Outside the window, the city fell away in the autumn sun. In the distance, the river scattered fragments of light.
I touched the gardenia brooch at my collar, my fingertips brushing the cool edges of the moonstones. The gem was cool at first, then slowly warmed beneath my skin.
The End