She swallowed, and I had to admire her bravery. If I was like the last one, then I probably would have killed her. But I wasn’t, and my heart hurt for the fear she felt. I hadn’t meant to be the one they worried about.
“I don’t have any plans aside from being theirs. The werewolves have nothing to fear from me. I don’t know what you mean by manipulated the alphas though?” I wondered, because it was definitely not a part of the story I had been told.
She frowned at the question, but I felt her want to answer it, so I waited as she sized me up.
“The last alphas. They were the reason the winter born got in the city at all. They had been fooled, sent to chase their tails, protecting the humans, but the winter born never wanted humans. He wanted werewolf magic.
“So he came for us. Befriende
