Chapter 25

Steve's eyes widened in shock at this revelation. Even his ears stood out at the sound of what she said, he couldn't believe his ears.

“You've been what?” He asked after he finally found his voice, but still shocked at what he had just heard.

“You mean you were banished from your pack?” He asked again as if he didn't hear her the first time.

Veronica could only reply by just nodding her head in sadness as she wiped a tear off her right cheek.

“But why? How? Why? What was the reason? What was your offence? What did you do?” He kept asking her, giving almost no room for an answer and so she remained quiet.

He began to pace as he thought about everything she could have possibly been through.

“Wait, I'm trying to understand. So where were you going to? I mean, after leaving your pack, where were you headed?” He stopped pacing and suddenly asked her.

“Nowhere exactly.” She replied, wiping her tears and blowing out her blocked nose.

“Nowhere? So you were just walking around the forest witho