part I-
for the first time in her life,
she has given herself permission
to unpack her wings...
***
The next morning holds both joy and sorrow.
Alpha Theon signs the last of the paperwork, his eyes shining with undiluted happiness as he looks to his new found mate.
Sandra cannot stop grinning. They both cannot stop grinning.
A bitterness of jealousy twists in my soul at the sight, but at the same time, I cannot help but smile with them. My heart feels like another weight is added, the coming event of knowing Sandra was leaving the pack making a new heaviness crawl and rest in me.
"Just a second," Sandra squeezes Alpha Theon's hand, not rising from the chair.
"Don't be too long," his voice already speaks of an untold agony at having to let go of her. He bows deeply to me, "thank you Alpha Soraya."
I nod to him, at a loss for words.