Damien’s POV
“If you were really sorry, you would have come home sooner.” Stacy said the words to the floor, her eyes downcast, her mouth twisted down into a frown.
I could have argued with her. I could have told her that in leaving, I was trying to help keep them safe. But those facts wouldn’t change her feelings.
I wasn’t here, and my family needed me to be. Even when Amelia had tried to reach out herself, I’d ignored her. I’d made my reasons, knowing I was homesick and that hearing her voice would make me crack.
While I’d been priding myself on being a good Alpha and a good protector, doing everything I could to keep my family safe, I had inadvertently been hurting them myself.
Stacy’s reaction was just a part of this, a consequence of my own actions. Now, it wasn’t my place to arg
