ARIA WINTERS The messenger arrives while I'm by the river in the garden on the east side of the pack house. It’s so peaceful, found it two days ago. Sienna took me there. Well… more like snuck me out there, when she came to my room and saw me thinking. Since then, I’ve been here almost every time. Don’t even know how Sienna was able to get to my room. “Hey Aria,” she said in her cute singsong way. “Why are you sad?” I open my mouth to talk because honestly, I really needed to. I needed to talk to someone. Someone who wanted to hear me for me. But then, I don’t. How do I explain to a nine year old kid that I just turned down an Alpha’s offer? An Alpha who’s actually my mate, but is mated to someone else, and is her cousin. f**k me. My empathetic senses flare, and I just sense something

