The pack territory looked completely different in the moonlight.
What had seemed welcoming and safe during the day now felt mysterious and slightly dangerous.
I stood at the base of the oak tree for several minutes, trying to decide where to go.
I couldn't stay near the pack house - someone might see me and report back to Kieran.
But I also couldn't leave the territory entirely. I had nowhere else to go.
I decided to head toward the eastern edge of Shadow Ridge lands, where I remembered seeing some older cabins during one of my walks with Marcus.
If there were pack members living there, maybe they would be willing to talk to me without immediately running to tell their Alpha.
The forest was alive with night sounds - owls hooting, small animals rustling through the underbrush, th
