Unfit For The Alpha's Son:Destined For The Lycan King

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, but every day felt like a new battle. Not just against the warriors Kael threw at me, but against my own doubts. I could feel the weight of his

ome my anchor in this storm of uncertainty. Lira had been with me ever since Kael had taken me under his wing, but she was different from the others. Where

r. Her striking features were illuminated by the soft morning light, her eyes

ng to force a smile.

"You're stronger than you give yourself credit for. I've seen it. You

fall to my side. "You don't

filled with understanding. "Tell me," she urg

ey seemed to claw their way back to the surface. The loss of my clan, the massacre that had destroyed everything I knew..

y voice shaky. "I used to be part of somet

just stood there, listening

raw emotion surfacing faster than I could control it. "I watched everything I loved burn to the ground, and I couldn't

realized I needed. "Alera, your strength doesn't come from your past, nor does it come from the things you've lost. Strength isn't jus

quiet the voice in my head, the one that told me I wasn't enough. Not enough

ough. Not for Kael, not for anyone,"

ing good enough for anyone else, Alera. It's about being good enough for yours

ing my chest. "But how? How do I believe in myself when everyt

e you're not alone anymore. We all have scars, Alera. Some of us more than others. But those scars don't def

eeper than I thought they would. Something in my chest lo

because we need to, but because we can. Because you're s

at my lips. "Are you sure you want to spar w

d the training yard. "I think you're more likel

smile I'd had in days. "Al

ey didn't disappear, but for the first time, I didn't feel completely consumed by them. Lira's confidence in me,

its of my strength and my resolve. Lira was a force to be reckoned with, but with each passing minute, I felt my own

st maybe, tha