The Pack Turns Cold
The truth shifted everything—not loudly or suddenly, but silently, in the quietest moments. And somehow, those subtle changes cut the deepest.
She had run away from where she once called home because she couldn’t tell the truth anymore. She didn’t even spare any more time to let her mom finish the stories behind her background.
She just knew she wanted to leave and she did.
The forest had blurred around her as she ran that night, branches scratching against her arms while cold wind a bit at her skin.
But none of it hurt as much as the truth she had heard. Her mother’s voice still echoed in her head, every word twisting painfully inside her chest.
She remembered how desperately her mother had called after her, but Katelyn hadn’t stopped.
If she had stayed anot
