After the Harvest Moon night, life became harder than he ever expected. Being Alpha of the pack no longer felt like honor. It felt like a burden he could not put down.
With each passing day, he lost count of his sad moments. The last time he laughed now felt like a memory from another life, from that unfortunate night.
Hiro rose from his bed and walked into the bathroom. He turned on the shower and leaned against the wall as warm water poured over his body. It should have been soothing, but it did nothing to calm him.
His mind was elsewhere, and his heart kept racing faster than usual. He should have thought about this day, about what it would mean to live in the same space as his mate without being able to go near her.
It was already torture that they had not been able to speak to her since that night. She stopped answering their calls and eventually blocked all their numbers.
