as so silent, and

nd the pounding of my heart beating in my ears like a drum summoning peopl

jecte

pub

were an

l it fracturing through me, demolishing my wolf, destroying something sacr

on numb legs. I couldn't feel the grass beneath my toes or the arms that brushed agai

iana Rivers

ted me. So col

hinner here, as if the forest itself were holding its breath with me. My hands scraped at

h

ranked wolves. I was simply. me. Quiet, unseen, an orphaned omega with a troubled pas

m for me. What did it mean, if he

ils full of betrayal. She had reached out to him - and he had

beside me, her arm wrapping around my shoulders. Sh

croaked, my

ar his perfect face," she sn

e him stop looking at me like I was a m

face and sat up. "Why do I

oul," Mira whispered. "It is like

hen I don't want tha

ying the scent of pine and moo

here, Mira,"

ed. "What d

an't serve the Luna position while watching him with someone else. They'l

long time. Then she

apped to h

a quarters again. Before Darius sends someone to 'take

eathed, trembling. "I have n

spered fiercely. "There's a world beyond this forest. Beyo

called the stories Old Nara told me - of wolves born to unlucky m

be more

But I knew I

gs trembling but

t to me. "Here. It's warmer. And not p

ra,

y body. "Promise me you'll come back someday. St

lip shut to keep tears

mean

glade, I turned my back on the onl

wind was in my hair and my lungs cried out for mercy. I ran until the s

om Darius was a st

someth

s had other

would cross into

the arms