Years

a's

The organize

g three seats away from me

're

terview room. Before she got in, the guy who had gone in

as scared I was going to mess up. Knights Group was the wealthiest company

y, my best friend, and her family. Though they were nice and accepted me with open arms, I still didn't want to be a burden to the

t when it was supposed to be my turn, someone

ou skipped my name

n his hand, and then back

Ms. Keyl

h the list of names in his

beat. "Can you pl

l not here." He pulled out the Notepad beneath the one

ointing to my name. "There s

n error? What

t the front desk, but instead, your name was inputted into

at does that mean? Am

performance during the

be taking the i

eved at first until he said

u mean by t

earlier. "And is on the other one, then you'll have to take the

to do, so I nodded. "Yes

interview will st

grabbing the attention of

brow at me. "Do you hav

8 a.m. and have already been here for three

rder, and we do not bend it for anyone. The other interview starts in three hours. You can either leave

cked and devastated. But he was right. I couldn't help but sigh.

Café by the corner. This morning, Oakley had insisted that I eat before leavi

, maybe my age. He was handsome and tall. He was probably som

ed in. "Hello," he said, his smirk

... I'll take a cappuccino and an

g down the order.

d, sliding a bill

the window opening behind him. I was

eautiful wolf like you

governed by wolves, we still loved to stay close to the woods and away from t

ou know?"

?" He look

ere. Then I leaned towards him. "How do

on you. Though it's f

O

couldn't help but chuckle. "What kind of grown-up wolf can't smell others around her?" He stopped

the door behind the counter wit

p. I found a table far away from the counter and sat there

back memories. Memories I had tried to forget. He was wrong. I had my wolf. A

the White Moon Pack, he never tried to hide his anger and blamed me for Mom and Dad's death. I

ause me pain and push me to anger just so it would trigger a shift a

yes as I opened them. It was the Barista from earlier. He pointed

pened my bag and pulled out

said as I pic

yla? I've been trying to re

at her exaggeration. "Sorry abo

me, how was t

' I pulled away my phone from my ear and stared

p my bag. "I'm sorry, Oakley, but I

es, I was in the Knights Group. Just as I got to the hallway where t

and then crouched ove

ew seconds before shaki

closed the gap between me and the interview room, I felt her, Karen.

encing. Why the heck was she there? We never reconnected. I t

y?" The orga

t feeling a little

oesn't matter, because t

oubled. Karen was hopping inside of me, panting and...

thunderbolt. Woodsmoke, leather, and cinnamon mixed. I

a sudden, my eyes landed