ving like they hadn't made up their mind about her. Tara kept her down. Not o
been this way ever since her late father was accused of murdering Th
voice said meanly,
ept wa
as a place here,"an
stood near the pack houses. They s
der his breath, "I don't know why sh
e of the check unt
r wasn't the monster they claimed him to be. But she knew bet
ry when a boy not much older t
?" he asked, a col
ned but di
her dead father's grave,"
g now" laughter follo
n this pack. If it were up to me, you would be
t because she feared being cast out, but be
ared for a gathering. Tara hadn't planned on going.These events were f
Ay
r plans. "Come one, Tara," A
this
ou know what's going to happen. The moment I show up
s do, but tonight's different- Landon is back from his tra
u'll be the one drooling over h
least you'll get free food while
being around people who hated her. But Ayla was her only
Tara mu
ggled h
hey arrived. pack members mixed together
ion to herself, she already caught a few glance
She dragged Tara along, her eye
ice me tonight, I might actuall
hed. "you
end of the room opened. A figure stepped insi
The futu
, but never like this. his tall fr
ven more handsome up close. Tara, I
ar
wasn't
sh of Warmth spread across her chest. The air around her seemed to
ord that would chan
slipped out before
. Then he turned away, speaking to someon
eply, shaking of
Why are you starin
inked.
r eyes," Ayla jokes. "If I didn't know
. "don't be
d, but she
bond between them was clear-undeniable. His wolf grew uneasy, pacin
ir eyes met, to how quickly she look
ould neve
His father had already decided his future; his dutie
e quiet strength in her eyes. The way she held her head up even whe
she
r the northern border when a familiar scent
a
ng, moving silently through
neath the stranger's body. It should've been left to die. That's wha
't stop to he
brows pulled In focus. Her voice was s