Fern
I don't remember deciding to run.
I only know that my body moves before my mind can catch up, feet carrying me away from the conference room as fast as they can go. My chest feels tight, like there isn't enough air in the castle to breathe.
"I'm sorry," I mutter to no one, the words spilling out of me as I pass startled faces in the hall. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean..."
The doors blur past me. I take the corners too fast, dodging the pack members that I almost run into. They call out my name. Their voices are laced with something that sounds like concern, but now I know better. No one cares for me. It was all false.
Now I understand. Mara wasn't keeping me upstairs to protect me. She was keeping me out of the way. So Alpha Gaven could make the trade. So my sister coul
