VALENTINE
After the spar and the injury, I resolved to return to the mansion. It had been ample time for the elders of my pack to take their leave. I still harboured a deep need to apologize to the kitchen worker who had been wronged due to my misplaced trust in Kerri.
Summoning the last reserves of my strength, I broke into a run.
The scent of sweat and earth intermingling in the cool, crisp air made it seem as though freedom was a tangible thing, just within my grasp.
Tall trees loomed on either side of the narrow path, their shadows stretching long fingers towards me.
As I ran deeper into the woods, a sense of isolation settled around me. For a second, I considered it. Letting the Monarch legacy go. It had brought me nothing but pain after all. Giving that crown to someone else wo
