"What changed?" I asked, though part of me wasn't sure I wanted to know.
My grandmother's expression grew pained. "Your father's death changed everything. But not in the way you might think."
She paused, seeming to gather her courage. "After your father died, your mother discovered something about him. Something he'd kept hidden from her throughout their entire marriage."
"What kind of something?" I pressed, my heart starting to pound.
"Your father had a chosen mate before he met your mother," my grandmother said quietly. "A woman from a neighboring pack that he'd been in love with since they were teenagers. When his parents arranged his marriage to Helene for political reasons, he broke it off with his chosen mate. But he never stopped loving her."
I felt like the air had been knocke
