Gideon's POV
I barely slept all night. I just held Sera in my arms, resting her close against my chest, softly rubbing her back or running my fingers through her hair. I spent hours staring at the ceiling, silently thanking the Goddess for allowing me to have this—for giving me her.
When Lucian’s dark reign first swept through the territories, tearing through packs and executing or driving out every Alpha who stood against him, I took up arms expecting a bloody, unending war. I never knew that this rebellion would lead me to her.
She was absolute perfection.
A quiet anger flared in my chest, though I kept my breathing steady so as not to wake her. I still couldn't understand how Lucian had looked at her every day and decided to hurt her. How anyone could choose to break someone so pre
