The ice-cold flashback pulled me back from the depths of my consciousness until I was awakened by Derek.
My head swam for a moment, and I felt myself falling. The memories were too awful to bear, even though they were just fragments from when I was a baby.
Derek's strong arms caught me and pulled me back against his chest. He held me close. I immediately started to squirm in his arms, angry.
"Why? I only had fragments of these memories before, but now they feel so clear," I gasped, my heart heavy and troubled. I couldn't forget the fire that lit up the winter night, and the mournful cries of my parents before they died.
Doubts gnawed at me. What really happened years ago? Why did Akela, Tracy's father, kill my parents? And why did the Alpha of the Greystar pack reward him for it? W
