(Jack's POV)
Let's get one thing straight: I'm not the hero of this story.
Heroes don't let their first love vanish into thin air.
Heroes don't abandon their kid brothers for half a decade.
Heroes definitely don't make marriage pacts with women they're terrified to mark because oh god, what if I ruin her too?
But here I am, Bronc "Jack Rebel" Kinney.
Tech mogul. Lycan prince. professional fuckup. Walking Kai to my wing of the palace.
Her footsteps echo too loudly in the vaulted hallway, like the walls themselves are judging me.
I watched her, resilient like no one I have ever met before. Her kind of beautiful is so different from Lala's.
Her kind of beautiful came with scars.
Silver blonde hair that she always kept down, not for fashion but as a barrier...a wall of protection, like she was hiding underneath. Hazel eyes that lights up every now and then with the most genuine smile I have ever seen.
