Cara’s POV
The flowers are beautiful, and with the setting of the sun, the stars provide a perfect backdrop for a romantic moment.
For this moment, I’m standing among the flowers and the stars with Noel in front of me. From the look of his hope-filled expression, I know he is about to open up to me in a way that I’m not quite ready for yet. But to stop him would be to reject him, and I’m not sure what I want to do.
I wish I could pause this entire conversation and hold it until later, but that’s not fair to him or to me. He deserves to be heard, and to have some kind of response without having to wait forever for it.
“Cara,” he says. “For most of my life, I’m used to… being alone. Even in my home pack, I was something of an outsider, never truly accepted among those around me for reaso
