Inside the quiet car, in the hospital parking lot, with Eve most likely waiting for him inside with their baby, Lucas revealed a truth that made it hard for him to even breathe.

It was as if he could hear those screams again, echoing from the basement. Cries of pain and despair, sometimes pleading for help, but no one came. They, and Lucas, could only watch in silence as his father, the Alpha, unleashed his anger on the one werewolf who couldn’t fight back. An omega.

Lucas wasn’t sure about the other pack members, but for him, not even for a second had he ever enjoyed that spectacle. But like...