GWEN
I don't remember how I got back to my room. I think I ran, but everything after Anaya’s words was a blur. All I know is that the second I closed the door behind me, I broke down completely.
My chest was tight. My body was shaking. I couldn’t breathe properly.
Everything inside me was hurting.
She had meant every word.
I wasn’t wanted here.
Not by her, not by the pack, not even by the Moon Goddess, who had apparently sent me here but left me to pass through all this.
I buried my face into the side of the bed and sobbed until my throat ached and my eyes hurt so bad. Every breath I took scraped against my chest like broken glass. I tried to stop crying, but the more I tried, the more it came.
I pressed my hands to my ears like it would block out her voice, but it didn’t. It echoe
