Sky looked between her mates uncertainly. The twins knew there was something on her mind and more of her story that she hadn't shared yet, pieces that she was more ashamed of, they thought. They both smiled encouragingly. They didn't know if this was what they were about to hear or if there was something else eating at Sky; they just knew that something was bothering their mate.
It was a few minutes before Sky began to talk; she seemed to be stealing herself to share more. "The term ended in June; we didn't have to return after our exams. I was 17 and would turn 18 in November, shortly after the start of the next term. Somehow the news that I was a lesbian was spreading around the pack now, I don't know how the elders didn't hear it, or maybe they did, I don't know." Sky was leaning on T
