Her truth.
“Gamma blood…” he murmured under his breath.
His eyes moved further down.
“Runt of the pack upon first shift…”
A faint scoff escaped him.
“Rejected by the Alpha’s son…”
His grip tightened slightly around the phone.
“Ran away…”
And now—
This.
Caleb’s gaze darkened as he lowered the phone slightly, staring out at the water again, his thoughts aligning, sharpening.
“Stupid…” he muttered quietly.
“Fools.”
Because they had seen weakness where there was none.
They had labeled her as small.
Insignificant.
A runt.
And yet—
No runt could do what she did.
No weak wolf could reject an Alpha’s son and still stand.
No fragile girl could survive alone, out there, without protection.
And certainly—
No ordinary wolf could be the Messenger.
A slow realization settled deepe
