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d just had with Mom. Her words echoed in my mind. "You're next

was I supposed to do all of this without my mate? I'd searched everyw

, and I knew whe

l, th

idden at the edge of the pack's te

dy sitting by her table, the faint light from a crystal ball

l," I greeted bowing

e replied, her voice calm

aid, my voice filled with desperation. "I need to find m

o sit. I did, my mind racing with different thoughts. What

es. I held my breath, waiting for her to speak. When she fi

one Pack," she said, her words

d, leaning forwa

her tone serious. "But you must find her soon. There is danger in the B

to concern. "What kind of da

ck who wishes to take contr

n if it means harming others. Your mat

pack, but now there was a threat to the Brickstone Pack

standing up from the table. "I won

ening slightly. "Be careful,

g that someone was watching me. The hairs on the back of m

rea around me. The place was quiet, but I knew someone had been

headed back home. Time was running out, and I

la's

in the sky as I watched the other young wolves get ready for their first shift. T

ole incident happened, I had a flas

my friends called out, but I force

at were ready for their shift, as we

wolves, I felt disappointed. I tried to focus, maybe that is what

nothing happened. My body stayed human, and I could only

p to them happily, as

ered to myself, knowing the disap

You're not like the rest of us," she would say

comfort, the one who held me close and told me that it was okay to be differe

ed to find y

real. I couldn't shake the image of his lifeless body, the blood pooling

unable to keep watching them as

hem?" I whispered as I

side me, I couldn't reach h

light knock on my door which sna

h a worried look on his face. He had always protected me, the

d to tell him everything, the pain, the fear, the heavy feeling I felt

ed some ai

see the doubt in his eyes. "Mom is just

heard her say. "She doesn't understand,"

with Dad gone..." My voice traile

not a failure, Camila. You're strong, an

he warmth his body was giving me. "But he's gone," I whispered, tears st

tly. "You have me. We'll figure th

s meant to stay on the sidelines, always watching but never

into Aiden's piercing green eyes

ow I was feeling, the feeling was not right between a broth

omise," he assured me, but his strikin

d, and I snapped out of it

the smallest feature on his face, just like the small mole above his lips