Chapter 76- The Weight of Guilt

Salara’s POV

Once all of the adrenaline has left my system from the sudden appearance of strange wolves, the reality of what I have just done weighs heavily on my mind. I am not a violent person and I never would have thought myself capable of harming another person, but I found out today that I am capable of doing much worse.

Staring down at the unseeing eyes of the wolf turned into a young woman, the impact of her unnecessary death hits me hard. I am the one responsible for taking away her future and the future of the other wolves that I have killed on this day.

The tears come easily to my eyes as I throw myself against Derrick’s warm fur. The guilt of taking lives is like a boulder laying heavily against my chest. I didn’t mean for things to go that far, but when Leigh told me that danger was coming, I couldn’t stop myself from reacting towards the threat.

We stand like that for what feels like hours, but who knows how long it actually was. Leigh has been whispering encouraging