Ella I thought about everything he had said and considered the distance we had covered before getting to this point. He must’ve been really motivated to come all this way to achieve his goal—granted, he came in his wolf form, which was faster than all the bus hopping we had been doing for the last few days. Still, it was quite the distance. Exerting vengeance on the pack must’ve been the ultimate inspiration, and I wondered if there was more to this story than what he was telling me. I didn’t want to push for any more explanations—probing meant that I had to indulge him in a conversation, and I wasn’t interested in doing any of that right now. He had come all this way for a noble cause and hadn’t achieved it. Would his pack receive him with joy knowing he hadn’t done what he set out t

