Ch. I Relinquished My Daughter, and His Pack Crumbled 16 I Relinquished My Daughter, and His Pack Crumbled 16

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That was the only victory I ever had in that fight. 

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But Grant was the Alpha of Ironwood Pack. The Caldwell family controlled territorial trade, guard appointments, and several elder seats. He didn’t have to openly threaten anyone for the higher-ranking packs in Grayhaven to fall silent. 

Soon, the rumors started. 

People said I was emotionally unstable, that I harbored a dangerous, vengeful obsession with Sloane. 

The psychological assessor Grant arranged diagnosed met with post-traumatic anxiety and noted my unstable shift reactions. During that period, I hardly slept. An adde3 

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noise would make my canines and nails extend uncontrollably. 

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A few times, standing on the balcony of my Grayhaven apartment, I seriously considered jumping. 

But Mia was only eight then. 

I couldn’t leave her. 

My condition kept getting worse. So Grant brought in a family mediator from the pack. In a gentle, reasonable tone, he made the cruelest suggestion of all. 

“For the health of Mia’s wolf, you may need to move out af Ironwood’s core territory for a while, to give the cub 3 

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stable adjustment period.” 

I didn’t want to leave my daughter. 

But I knew that at the time, I really might have lost control and shifted in front of her. 

So I agreed. 

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