Cassie The gates of Greyer Pack didn’t swing open in welcome, they groaned like they were warning me not to return. I used to walk through these gates like I belonged. Today, they opened like they’d forgotten me. No guards smiled. No wolves bowed. No flowers were tossed in honor of their returning Luna. Just cold wind, cold eyes, and colder silence. As if they were aware I didn't belong here, or perhaps they knew the truth too. But deep down, it was just my imagination. I was finding it hard to absorb the truth I had just learned. Kael rode beside me, straight-backed, tense. His presence burned like a brand on my skin, and not just because Mark and Lark hated him. No, it was because I hadn’t yet figured out what he truly meant to me. Friend? Guide? Ghost from the past? Or perhaps a r

