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The Diner

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Isabella P.O.V.

I’ve been driving for what feels like a year, but it’s only been about two weeks. I don’t know exactly where I’m going, but something inside me tells me this is where I need to go. Emerald agrees with me, and both she and I are relieved to finally be somewhere, where we both feel kind of safe.

I don’t have any proof, but in my heart I know Alpha will not just let me leave like this, especially when he finds out I rejected his lowlife of a son. Ugh!

‘Emerald, why the hell did the moon goddess pair us with that son of a bitch?’

‘The mother’s works in mysterious ways, little one.’ I chuckle, as I park outside a diner. I’m starving and tired, from having lived off food from gas stations, sleeping in my car and driving like crazy.

As I enter through the door, a thought suddenly strikes me and I stop dead in my tracks.

‘What is it, Isa?’ Emmy asks in a worry.

‘I’m a rogue now. We’re a rogue. We.. There are other wolves here.’

‘Don’t worry my child, you had an
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