H A I L E Y
I could see the doubt in her eyes, the wheels were already spinning in her head. I was getting through to her.
"Why are you telling me this?" she asked, her voice trembling. "Why would you help me?"
"I'm not helping you," I said, my tone hardening. "I'm helping my family. And my pack. Your father is a threat to us, and I will do whatever it takes to eliminate that threat. If that means using you to get to him, then so be it. But I'm also a mother. And I can see that you're just a girl who got caught in the middle of a war that she didn't choose. I'm giving you a choice, Emily. A chance to save yourself. You can either make this easy for yourself by coming with me peacefully, or I’ll be forced do this the hard way.
She was quiet for a long moment, her mind racing. She was we
