Chapter 30 : : : : : : : Even if it Means Losing You Forever

*Ember*

I spent the night awake and alone. Though I was hungry, I couldn’t force myself to eat. I was too angry, too hurt, too confused to even think about it. Dawn’s light was coming in through the window when I heard a knock on my door.

“Please go away.”

The door opened, and before I could say anything, I saw Lauryn walking into my room with a sunny smile and a tray of food.

“I hear you had a rough night,” she said. “Made rougher by your own choices, sure, but rough nonetheless.”

She set the tray down and took a seat. “And now that we’re not tiptoeing around it all, I think it’s about time you got a crash course.”

I frowned. “A crash course in what?”

“In what is very likely your own history,” she smiled. “Your connection to the Maidens of the Moon Goddess and the pack that no longer exists. The pack never had a name, but it and its members left an impression. The Maidens of the Moon Goddess is the only connection we still have to the pack.” A sly smile graced her lips.