me out of her mouth. Just as she was about to run away, she

Catherine shook at the

therine's emotions were out of control. How could the men have known th

the enti

t she would run out of breath. A tear trickled down her cheek. She could

er cheek as she eventually

their cries muffled like those of animals. She wanted to cry out, beg them not

nd falling as she attempted to catch

ate the

e a knife was thrust right through her heart. They ran away, lea

*

l of blood. When I opened the door and found Catherine lying in a pool of blood, fear seeped into me.

be useless for me to go to the police and hope tha

roat. I cried for a while before getting up and leaving the house.

cial to me and I promi

I left the city. I was going to the only pers

past. I had to. I was goi

rt was racing with nervousness and anticipation. It was brave of me to go back to the p

rent scents that filled the air. The first rays of sunshine peaked through the treetops,

e in this little town tucked away in the forest. After seven years, not much had changed—well, almost—asid

fear of rejection again. I realized I couldn't give up. Next, I recalled Sterling's bravery; Noah's serenity; Lucas's beauty; and Kyler's ferocity. I would not have risked com

nt of revelation as my shoe dragged on the grass. My feet had carried me back to the place I had vowed never to go again when I realized it. My pulse was th

resence and the fact that I have

here I was, poised to strangle me

me, his face close to mine, as

" His snarl made me take a step b

t back to the night I left. But now was not the moment to

aiden," I spoke in a firm

rd," Enzo mocked. He was in that same terrible mood that I'd al

to him, I'll search the entire pack

ace. I was not the terrified girl he had exiled from the pack seven years ago. I app

him in such a hurry?" He

t any of you

e like you bother the Alpha," Enzo reto

ed or terrified that Caiden had at

'm gonna find

h Caiden. Enzo almost lost it when I started to get close to Caiden. Even worse, I didn't know why he detested me so much; he loathed me before he even got to kno

." Nevertheless, I was aware that I couldn't trust him. "I wa

in this fight once again. I wanted to answer him, but I g

side the building, I could hear Caiden laughing. When I tell him the secret, it might make my things simple

ack's most seasoned hunter. The way he told his sto

so early?" As the smil

ogies for disturbing Alpha

ls down his spine at Caiden's deep

our own eyes i

as Enzo went behind the door. The shadow of a woman materialized on the wall