Chapter 4

In my memory, Samuel was an orphan from the Nightshade Pack, growing up with very little. As a young warrior trainee, he struggled so much that he had to rely on pack stipends and odd jobs to make ends meet. When we first met, he only possessed an old flip phone, and his meals often consisted of nothing more than plain bread. He couldn't afford a hearing aid, which made communicating with other pack members difficult, leaving him isolated. As the Alpha's daughter, I felt sorry for him and bought him his first hearing aid.

Even after he completed his…