Alice squeezed my hand tightly. I knew she was frightened, but true to her word, she seemed determined to see this through. Her obvious bravery helped me find my own. The three of us could survive this, and anything else that came our way, together.
“I asked all of you to join me today because I want to make a few things clear,” I said, speaking loudly so that all the microphones could pick up my voice. “This pack is, as it always has been, my home. This is where I intend to raise my family, and this pack is where I intend to grow old.
“There have been many misconceptions as of late about how my choosing to help other packs has led me to feel some kind of way about my own pack, but let me be clear. I have no intention of leaving.”
I took a minute to allow the reporters to process my wor
