Cade took the journal from me before I tore it apart.
I didn't fight him.
Because my knees had stopped working.
River caught me before I hit the floor, his arms solid around my waist as my legs gave out completely.
My wolf was silent inside me.
Waiting.
Watching.
Then, softly—
I'm sorry. I did not tell you. I was afraid you would reject me. Rose spoke softly, waiting to see if I was going to reject her.
I barely heard her over the roaring in my ears.
I'm not angry, Rose. Just overwhelmed.
Because panic was clawing its way up my throat, sharp and suffocating.
They'd bound me.
My own parents.
Locked away my wolf like she was something that needed to be contained.
"Laney." Cade's voice cut through the spiral. "Breathe."
I couldn't.
My chest was too tight.
River's hand presse
