Chapter 147

Alpha Wilson's POV 

I drove away from the pack, the weight of every mile I put between us grew heavier, pulling at me, gnawing at the edges of my mind. My wolf was restless, pacing inside me, refusing to settle. 

It growled low in my chest, pushing back against my decision to leave. The bond with Kiara was still too strong, too fresh. Leaving her behind felt like ripping out a part of myself, but I couldn’t stay. 

Not when she couldn’t choose me. Not when I felt like I was always going to be second place to someone else.

My hands gripped the steering wheel so tightly that my knuckles turned white. The highway stretched on, but it all felt like a blur. My mind screamed at me to turn back, to fix things, to go to Kiara and make her see that I was the one she needed. 

But I couldn’t. I was too worn out, too broken from the endless battle between what my heart wanted and what my head told me was true.

I needed to c