SAFFRON'S P.O.V
The idea of not knowing when Malik was coming was frightening. He was a powerful being and, being such, I knew this pack couldn't continue to protect me. I wasn't going to make everyone here suffer. I have already sacrificed myself for them once. What's another?
"What are you doing?" My father asked as he entered the room.
"We have to leave. We cannot stay here knowing that Malik is coming."
"Then Ma and I will go with you."
"No, Pa. I will not let you uproot the life that you and Ma created here in order to be on the run with me."
"We won't lose you again!" he demanded in protest.
Arguing with him was like arguing with a brick wall, and I knew that. They are in retirement, living their best lives. They didn't need to ruin that just to be on the run w
