Miranda's POV Tears of joy mingled with deeply seated sorrow in my eyes, stretching down my cheeks. My arms ached to embrace the young woman before me, but I reined in those thoughts. To me she was a precious baby, once lost… now found. And to her… I'm sure in her eyes I'm a despicable wench who abandoned her to the storm of life, to navigate it on her own. I knew… I knew I had no right to think this way but I'm glad. I'm glad she grew into such a fine young woman. My voice trembled with emotion as I spoke. “It all happened over two decades ago.” Back then I was arguably the most beautiful she-wolf in my pack, regarded as virtuous, strong and backed by a high ranking family. Our pack is known at noon proudly as ‘the guardians of the medallion’ generation after generation. The me

