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
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