GWEN
I could not stop smiling even though my eyes were wet with tears. For the first time since I came into this pack, I had called out to my wolf, and she had answered. I saw her clearly in front of me. She was still the brown wolf I remember shifting into a long time ago, but instead of looking weak, she stood tall, and her eyes were calm.
“You are beautiful,” I whispered with a shaky voice.
Her voice filled my head, steady and comforting. “You finally let me out, Gwen. I have been waiting for you.”
“I thought you were gone,” I said quickly. “I thought after everything that happened, you would never return to me.”
“I was never gone,” she replied. “You locked me away because of the pain you carried, but I never left you. I am here, and I will remain with you.”
I wanted to shift into
