unwanted. So tired of being the daughter they wished they didn't have. So tired of making herself smaller and smaller trying to fit into a space that was never meant for her.
So. Damn. Tired.
Her hands fell away from Kade's shirt, hanging limp at her sides like she'd been cut down from strings she hadn't known were holding her up.
Kade felt Dakota go limp in his arms, felt the moment her spirit broke, and his wolf howled with murderous rage.
They'd destroyed her. Right in front of him. Her own family had shattered what little light she'd managed to reclaim.
"Guards!" Richard's voice cracked through the room like a whip, his Alpha command bleeding through despite his weakened state. "Seize my daughter. Bring her here. NOW."
Four Silver Ridge guards who'd been stationed outside the boardroom doors immediately moved to obey, their wolves responding to their Alpha's command even as uncertainty flickered across their faces.
They made it three steps into the room.
