ALARIC POV
*Man or Monster - Sam Tinnesz*
For a few f*****g minutes, I let myself pretend everything was okay.
The rain had finally softened outside, turning quieter against the windows while Owen slept sprawled across the middle of the bed like a tiny drunk octopus, one leg halfway over my stomach and Ella curled against Aria’s side beneath the blankets.
My family was safe.
Warm.
Right where they were supposed to be.
In my pack.
In my house.
In my bed.
Drake purred heavily beneath my skin watching them breathe.
My family.
Mine.
Goddess.
Even thinking those words still hit me hard enough to crack something open inside my chest.
And don’t even get me started on the Daddy part.
I could f*****g cry.
Aria looked exhausted beside the kids, her fiery hair spread across the pillo
