KARENSA
I lost Madeline. I had to do that because I felt uneasy having her trail behind me. It was as if she were asked to monitor me, and that made me f*****g uncomfortable. That was why I left her behind. This way, I could relax and think about what Èmeric told me the night before.
I gazed up at the sun, worried about the pack that took me and treated me with kindness even though they knew nothing about me. None of them knew where I came from. They only knew I was running from something — someone.
I glanced around the woods. Somehow, in my thoughts, I'd managed to reach the entrance of the forest without even knowing. I was far from the pack, but closer to the wood that would lead me out of here should I wish to run —not that I would do that.
There was no way in this goddess's gre
