"Please don't do this, Alpha!" Sarah drops to her knees before Lucas. Her tears wet the ground. "She's our Luna!"
I watch more pack members fall. One by one. Begging him. Pleading for me.
"Alpha Lucas, we need her," Michael's voice breaks. "The pack needs her."
I feel their love wrapping around me like a warm blanket. But it's not enough. It's never enough.
Lucas stands before me. Towering. Rigid. I search his face for any trace of the man who held me last night. Who whispered promises against my skin.
"I love you," I whisper. The words scratch my throat on their way out.