Samantha’s POV
My bedroom door did little to muffle the sounds of revelry coming from all around the pack. The entire pack was in a cacophony, howls and shouts and laughter rising into the air as wolves found their mates beneath the light of the full moon.
Ava was howling, too. Not with joy like the others, but rather with the pain of knowing that she couldn’t get to him. The raw desperation in the sound made my heart ache.
Once, I had dreamed of finding my mate on a night like tonight like any other girl might. But now, it was just a burden.
Just then, my phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled it out to see a new message from Lana.
To no surprise, the text read, “Where’d you go? Party’s just getting started!”
Not wanting to get into it right now, I replied, “I got tired so I went to be
