Chapter 17 Amelia's Pov

• The more days I spend here, the more mysterious I find each wolf. It looks like each person has a different story to tell. The Alpha's brother was the strangest to me. Despite his brother being the Alpha and having the strongest pack in the entire werewolf kingdom, you would think he would be arrogant but Simon is none of that, instead, he likes to play around and always loves hunting. He turned down being the Beta of the Park and said it was too much responsibility. He loves to be free, not being tied down by some rules making Drake be chosen as the Beta of the pack. Besides Jackson, his brother was the first person who made me feel welcomed, not judging my background or if I hadn't transformed. He was careful with his words whenever we hung out, not wanting to hurt my feelings. He knew that his brother was the one who proposed this marriage, knowing I wasn't fully committed to it, he always stood up for me against the servants who tried to talk trash about me.
• Simon was like the big brother I never had, the brother I could run to whenever I had a pressing problem. He was among the ones that made my stay here bearable. Athena Newman was the biggest mystery of them all. Not only did she offend me by not being grateful when I calmed her down the day she broke down in tears inside my room, but she acted like nothing happened avoiding me like the plague, being sassy and rude. What surprised me was the way Jackson looked at her with so much guilt, his eyes dull as he stared at Athena's curled shaking figure. I knew that look, it was the same look I had when Crane rejected me. I blamed myself for being pack less and unable to transform, that was the same look I saw in Jackson's eyes. He blamed himself for what happened to Athena.
• I wonder what happened to Athena Newman that made such a beautiful girl afraid of someone touching her. I know she would never tell me anything. She is closed off after all but maybe Jackson can be the one to tell once he stops being annoying and actually apologize for what he did. How dare he kiss me without my permission?