Chapter 25 : Intruders Everywhere

*Delilah*

I sat outside watching the kids running around and squealing in delight. They were so close and I loved that for them.

Seeing them together, I couldn’t help but think about my own sister, or stepsister, anyway. Kendra and I had played like this as kids. I sighed, wondering where it all went wrong.

Flora chased Kyle and Cody, her hands raised like she was a monster. I smiled to myself, happy for the moment.

I never imagined my life turning out like this. I’d run away, hoping to leave everyone behind. But I had to admit, I was actually glad to be back.

It was hard to live alone, surrounded by a pack that I wasn’t a part of. I was a rogue wolf during that entire time. They knew I wasn’t from there, and they accepted that I lived there, probably because I was a single mom, but they didn’t bring me into their pack.

I thought I’d be happier away from the pack that hated me, but they were my pack. And even when I wasn’t there, the pack had come to find me, apparentl