Serena
I know this is absurd, but I made a decision to go back to the Pack, and I made it to Kael for protection.
He came that morning to pick us up, and the SUV door closed with a soft, final thud, which sounded like a lock turning on my freedom.
I sat in the back, with Ari pressed to my side and his little wolf plush squashed between us, while Ma sat on his other side, hands folded neatly in her lap, her silence sharp and steady as always.
Kael sat in the front seat, and he didn’t turn around, nor did he say a word; he just lifted a hand once, gave the driver a nod, and the car pulled away from the curb.
My chest tightened as the street disappeared behind us, and the house that had been our shelter, our hiding place, and a place where Ari could be a boy and not a weapon, where I cou
