Chapter 88

For once, my prayer didn’t go unanswered and we had more than just one calm night. We had several weeks. For a while, everything went well. I almost convinced myself that our lives were finally starting. That all the pain and fear were behind us. That we finally had that chance we both wanted so much.

And we almost did. Almost.

Edric’s family left four days after Alexander’s death. In time to join their pack for the full moon. I tried to avoid them the entire time they were here. Despite my initial joy at seeing them, it all very quickly went to hell, and their presence made me very uncomfortable. For Edric’s sake, I endured it, but I almost skipped with joy when they left.

I thought Edric enjoyed their company, but after they left, he admitted to me that he found the whole encounter as awkward as I did, and he was relieved that they were gone. “I’ll always love them, but they’re not my pack anymore,” he said.

“And your dad? Jolie?”