Alyna should have known it can't be anything good when she saw the cheap ass golden dust all over the envelope. It screamed a bad omen. Silver mane pack was a place she vowed to never returned to. Even in her wandering days, she never wandered around the silver mane borders. "Your hesitation is speaking volumes, Alyna." He rose up from his seat and stood before her. His eyes boring into hers from an elevated height. "The task isn't mandatory. Someone else will do it if you cannot." Alyna's hands clenched behind her back. The sound of her knuckles curling was crisp and clear. "Your past is irrelevant as long as it doesn't serve as shackles that pull you back, Alyna." He said, folding his arms over his chest. Alyna's eyes were drawn to the flexed, exposed part of his arms. The

