buzzing with rumors that couldn

in grounds-soft whispers carried on the crisp morning breeze, h

f my life felt so di

could sense the change in the ai

ng area, I saw why the no

pack's main hall, their presence impossible to ign

uddenly thudding in my chest with

they carried themselves with an authority that made

thers and furs, far too luxurious for co

important and

yself as I fought to get

hed from a distance, with stil

yself, but the pack didn't seem to share my caution at

ne, watching the strangers who stood at the ent

chest as he spoke to the leader of the group-a man with sharp features and

ng though, but whatever it was, Greg

eased at everything,this was a nor

sure of what to do,as I hid my face not wa

ay before anyone noticed I was there,but s

ese men drew me in and

o me, though they were undeniably

ent. Something I couldn't

e them before since my f

not in the nearby te

on the back of my neck stand on end and it

ould sense it-but not like any

early struggling to maintain his usual ai

y outsiders of this pack. To him it can be strange and al

e slightest,but ,In fact, it was the opposite of w

r something big O

since have seen enough to feed my eyes, Gre

yst

anxiety. Of course. Of course, he'd notice me

nding, forcing my feet to move as every pai

tched, judged, never got ea

was like a constant reminder that I didn't belong anyw

told twice about m

packhouse, my heart pounding in my chest with fear a

words echoed in my

ot what y

ouldn't shake the feeling that they were right about there Wor

*

ty room, staring up at the ceiling as the even

the pack with, their presence still looming over the pa

th asking themselves question which they can't g

ruth about them, but everyon

at they were here to chall

er the pack

r, and given how powerful these men seemed to look l

looked at me like that

ory of the look and the

me?" I asked myself sti