Chapter 77

• “Young man, what are you doing here?” My father demanded, his voice cutting through the tension like a sharp blade. I tried not to let the smile slip, especially seeing how he was standing up for me, but he wasn’t even through. “How dare you show up in this pack after all you have done?”
• “I know.” Toby murmured, bowing his head, and my heart lurched as I heard his voice. I know I shouldn’t be having such a reaction to someone who had broken me, but I couldn’t help it. “I know I have not been the best thing for your daughter, and I acknowledge my fault in that, but I want to make it right.”
• “Toby!” I snapped, annoyed that he was treating me like I wasn’t in the room with him. How could he just waltz back in here, acting like he could fix everything? Did he really think an apology was enough? “Why the hell are you even here?” He gave me a look that I couldn’t decipher, his eyes raking over me in a gaze that was stripping, and I crossed my arms, as if trying to shield me. But the moment was gone when he shifted his gaze back to my parents.