Zara
When I opened the envelope, I already knew. The seal of the Mooncroft Pack was enough. I didn't touch it for a while. I just stared at it sitting there on my desk, like it might disappear if I blinked long enough. It didn't.
Katrina was across the room, reading something, but I felt her attention drift to me.
"You okay? " she asked quietly.
I nodded, too fast. "Yeah. Just… mail. "
Mail. As if it were some casual scroll about new robes or a weekly curfew update. Not the thing I'd been dreading since the first lie that shattered everything.
My fingers shook as I broke the seal. The letter slid out like a blade. I read the first line once. Then again.
You are hereby removed from the records of the Mooncroft Pack.
Your name, blood, and wolf are no longer recogniz
