The sun didn't even peek from the horizon when Astrid left the pack house toward the temple. The bruises that had adorned her skin the previous night are healed and all that's left is the lingering bad memory of everything that happened last night.
The anger that had fueled her desire to limp home last night had evaporated, leaving behind a bad stain of annoyance. She is still upset with herself for falling prey to his nice acts, and it extension, she is still upset with Zane and his antics.
She slowly strips her clothes off and tries to calm her mind, she doesn't want to enter the temple with this amount of hurt in her heart, but it's almost impossible to turn off your feelings. The stinging burn of Marlon and Bailey betraying her has left a gap in her heart.
She breathes in deeply as
