though I was treated like a visitor,I was aware that my every action was being watched. My re

lture, and the shadows that frightened them. Gossip circulated among the pack that a sad incident in the

g bitterness toward my kind. I went to talk with Louve late one night, when the camp was sur

am as it filtered over the trees. I approached her slowly,

ty. "What do you need, human being?" Her voice was

need to know what happened before, what ca

ly torn between sharing her weight and driving me away. "It's any

s your present, and grasping it might

after a brief period of thought, she started to s

o invade our pack many years ago. She promised to expose us to the manki

art. "Lupus's actions triggered a chain of disastrous incidents that destroyed our pack." Hon

rely a girl at the time, too weak to stop the abomination that erupted." The memory of that darkness has trou

red so much loss and grief. Her weakness was an intriguing sight, a qui

faced," I whispered tenderly, touching her arm in a g

," she said, her tone missi

and devotion to your pack." But maybe it's time to think about a ne

n in them. "You don't understand," she said, her voice trembli

t asking for complete faith. I'm asking for a chan

r. "You're remarkable," she accepted. "But can you promi

o give my all to procure your trust, to show you that I'm no

he moaned and turned away from me. "You're an odd p

," I answered. "Bitterness breeds more bitterness." We could discover co

hend what we had spoken. As the night progressed, I returned to my

s approval of me was far from certain. The horrible secret that

ad molded this fascinating group.The pieces of the puzzle were falling i

standing. To properly assist them, I realized I had to unearth the reality beh

this universe, as well as the destiny of werewolves and humans, were connected in ways I couldn't yet under

t, now linked to the destiny of the werewolf pack, was launched on a journey of revela