Mariam's POV
I hoped that once the fire was lit, it would only be a matter of time before Anthony found me. Then everything would change, and the stranger would have to let us go because the last thing I wanted was a confrontation where someone could get hurt.
“May I know your name?” I asked the young wolf as I watched him bring back the log he had dropped when I attacked him.
“My name is Leander, and yours is...?”
“Mariam. Mariam St. Claire,” I added.
“St. Claire, you say?”
I nodded.
Leander placed the log between us.
“Then it’s as I thought. You’re related to the Alpha of Green Valley, right?”
I didn’t want to reveal that I was his adopted daughter and that Anthony, my ‘companion,’ was my brother.
“Something like that, yes.”
“Something like that? How?” Leander asked. “I know q
