ur

ack to the pack, I feel people's

at way. My hair is a tangled mess, l

wound Kiara left with her cl

d only mean one thing: Our ex-mate was ha

lvin's rejection. We've been together for a few

a new lady from another

if someone had told me Kel

n my head like an open wound, pi

we will never ha

ce was barely above

king about w

me from one of the woven umbrella shades

, I continued going my way, ignorin

ossom Pack are n

've heard m

it. They don't like me because th

hows me care is the w

my real mother, I ho

ck House is hiring

alked by, their woven baskets fille

f speaking the Alpha's name out

en back there might have bee

as I know, this isn't the first time

aids have been leaving

cing around nervousl

of the maids in the pack house. You

The Moon Goddess is punish

ope no one sends their daughter there. He'll

y, pretending I hadn

s rumors, and I don't want to ge

but I've never met him, so I c

they say. Maybe the rum

d me from my own problems, but the excruciating pain in

p making love to that woma

ara. Can't we just for

my head shaking from si

!" One of our neighbors called out to me

e community garden, which was

No one owns anything, and no one can stop anyone from touching an

, I saw Mom and other women gathered unde

er, came out. It seemed to match my mood,

" Mom called out, w

a smile, and started wa

pened. She'll want to go confront K

ic?" she asked, h

nd yellowish, making i

of the fruit. It had been more

a bite of the mango before tur

Don't go too far

big stone under the tree and inh

y nostrils. The kind I'

guava. I jumped to my feet, trying

hole garden, causin

k of my mind, where she w

led my name, waggin

xclaimed, lau

ate? How? What's happ

exclaimed again, tryin

" I yelled, look

ther wolf's scent t

ating pineapple a

houting, jumping u

ady rejected us, K

on the stone. But Kiara

nd when I didn't answer her a