Liz
The fact that he had asked at all made something ache inside of my chest. No one ever asked me for my opinions or what I wanted. No one ever asked me what I needed. It was... nice for a change. I looked toward Cade. His stance had shifted now. He was more serious, more focused. Like this wasn't teasing anymore. This was real.
Fear curled low in my stomach but beneath it something else sparked too. A kind of determination that wanted to prove them all wrong. I wanted to show them that I'm not weak. That I'm not just an orphaned nobody. I straightened slowly despite how badly my muscles ached. My wolf felt energized for the first time in our life. Like this was what we were meant for. Like we were meant to be so much more than the one who scrubbed the floors or the one used as a doorm
