Melted Resolve

Audrey's POV

"Audrey," I heard as I found myself looking into the green eyes that I could never forget even in the years that I had been away from the pack.

The eyes of my mate who rejected me minutes after finding out we were mates without caring that we were in public or minding how I felt.

Kendrick's eyes.

But the person who had called me wasn't him. He was in way too much shock and embarrassment to even think of calling my name, or at least the name I was called here in the Blood Moon pack.

My name had come from someone else who was standing beside him. It was Jake, my childhood friend. What was he doing here with Kendrick?

"Audrey, you're alive!", he yelled and took a large step towards me, probably intending to hug me but the tip of the sword of one of the guards beside me landed on his chest before he could complete the action.

"Keep your distance from the princess," the guard growled and Jake quickly stepped back.

The guard drew his sword back into its sheath once Jake