nsane?!” F

subsided and once the weight of what she had just done set in,

aring at her, u

his daughter. He placed his hands on her shoulders and Waverly sa

re?” he ask

strong demeanour remained, despite her terror-stricken gaze. It felt like Waverly had no control over

e and worry. He turned towards the crowd once more and spoke in a louder

ever been done before; no one had ever offere

ke out. “Can she do that? We’v

as Waverly has offered herself in a surprising twist

ng him seem sturdier than he appeared. “It’s not regulation, i

pearance shifted to sudden fury. “She has made her choice and it is her duty to fulfill it! And the next time you under

ly felt every eye on her as Aviana gently made her way to her and her fa

let’s get you fed bef

er mother lit a fire and brought herself and Waverly a gl

reaking of the window upstairs when the wind hit it in the right way, and how the clock’s ticks became louder

Isadore said the second she ente

rned her body on the couch to face her sister. “I never dou

e argued. “What happens

l cross that wh

g Waverly to feel immediate gu

e, as she felt her mother’s hand touch h

swelled with

beside the door and put it on before hugging her sister. “We’ll see each other sooner than you th

er eye straight to the floor. Aviana kissed her younger

on the grass, brightening the dark forest ahead. Waverly’s senses were especially heigh

just yet,” her father called back

he Alpha as he led them up an incline that s

after the Alpha and the pack members leave. It is his w

inn added, with a small m

increasingly more tired, as her human form was not as u

dn’t seem to faze him at all. “Only those who

, her father stop

g another rural town. The lights from the landscape, the only brightness

er father stated. “He knows the location and will be here t

, but she swallowed it down with a forced sen

“We will see you soon,” she said as she followed her

at down and played with the strands on the hilltop as she stared at the town, so peaceful

a man. He had a firm stance, one that commanded attention, and his o

ding the both of them, concealing his face. She lost her sense of direction and fear consumed her, until she heard him c

f of something. When she turned to see what it was, she found herself staring at a pair of leather ankle-high boots

lashes touching each time he blinked. Hi

got all night. The m

had come. Waverly remained in her patch of grass, unsure of how to gain the st

asked, her voice qu

d still. “You don’t really

nking and feeling vanished

he Crims