When I left Briar, my whole body was still trembling. I wanted to be alone, just curled up in bed, by myself. Alone. But as I entered my room, I found a note sitting on my bed. The hand writing was Gideon’s. I’m sorry, sweetheart. And you’re right, we need to talk. I tried to ignore the way my heart fluttered at the endearment but I couldn’t. I sighed heavily, keeping the note on the bed side table and curling myself on the bed. I tried to make sense of what Briar told me. The memories I had of my parents were faint. Expect for the day they tried to escape. I remembered someone getting shot. I remembered crying so hard as the woman fell over me. The next thing I remembered were the guards taking me away from there to the Alpha and Luna of the Moonfall pack. I became their adopte

