Chapter 36
FREYA'S POV
I was not sure how long I had walked but it must have been hours because I found myself at the river near the tree line.
My instincts warned me that walking along this path alone without an escort was almost like walking to my own destruction, yet I shoved it aside and lowered myself to a fallen tree close to the river bank.
Out here, no one monitored me. I needed the space and distance to think everything through without anyone watching me, trying to see if I was alright, because I really wasn't. And I did not have to put up a brave facade for anyone.
Seconds later, as I sat in the stillness, I felt a restless energy beneath my skin and knew at once that it was my wolf reacting. I noticed that it moved more freely now than it had since my banishment.
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