Faded Replacements

POV: FIRST-PERSON (ALPHA GARRICK).

Her question caught me off guard. My grip on the thick wooden edge of the bed tightened until the timber groaned under the pressure of my knuckles. She looked at me, raw pain etched into every line of her tear-streaked face. The silence stretched between us, heavy and suffocating. Bianca was right. Never in a million years could she replace Delphine. My original