y

quite sure where my legs would take me, but I kept on running as if som

vier. I would be lying if I say that I was about to turn my back easily as if th

ack on me-or more like because of the incident three yea

bind my legs, arms, and neck-was finally broken free as soo

embling, my clothes were already torn from the branches along the way, an

. Just keep on going,' my wo

plan to stop walking despit

ything with me. I forgot to take my phone either. I have no p

trees finally thinned, and I

fall

s buzzingly even early in the morning. I could hear the roaring of the engines, the towering buildings that scrap

that I would end

ng territory and never got the chance to

-and it was a good thing that I asked the healer about this before, otherwise, if every wolf within a mi

t words st

fist and took

awl back to him

from what I remembered and it fin

s, flickering hallway lights, and the faint scent of detergent. It s

, hesitating before

washed over me-comforting and laced

yr

s as I nodded my head. "Hm. I.I d

before her eyes widened. "Moon abo

nside. I stumbled into the warmth of her tiny apartment-the scent of bread and c

ing," Mira's husband, Damon, appeared f

y sister said softly while he

ra. You shouldn't be here. The Moonfang pack won't

, her voice were trembling. "Be

g the connections of the Moonfang and if they knew, what would happen to us? And

t, he was right. If I stayed with them, given at

weary. "Don't listen to him, Lyra. You

ase don't let me cause you to argue. I won't stay long.

hrough the city streets. Job boards flickered on digital screens-wa

lined with glass buildings and luxury cards

free to walked in and

rom me, but the thought of making a living using my voice still made me hesitate. Music alone left

ster was anoth

on is recruiting assistants a

ust an ordinary company-it was owned by Alpha Zane of the

dn't sound so bad. Maybe

he description, then decided to

nside. As soon as I stepped my fo

lica

I filled out everything carefully-address, age, qualifi

ightened aro

nfa

back into a life I had already walked away from. That name no longer felt li

nvisible line in my mind. I didn't need permission.

erately, I wr

d, not yet acknowledged by law or pack-but it was a quiet declaration. A

Anyway, everything would be over this afternoon. Onc

call you," the receptioni

re I turned to leave and I could ev

gain in years, I fel

or the call, I went to the Pack Council

ficer who was scanning t

ng, officer? Did he sig

le of Moonfang hasn't signed the approval. Wit

He.refused

an international pack alliance mission. You'll have to

relentlessly in my mind. Kyle knew-he had to know-that I wanted t

ped my lips. Of cours

more I thought about it, the clearer it became. Th

or would he ever pass up such a le

d, he could keep his hold o

ume my entire life, little by little, never grantin

e you

ked the officer before I left. When I steppe

within seconds,

t move at all-none o