Astor “Interesting…” I have never been more aware of my nakedness, a state I have never cared about before, but suddenly in his presence, is the only thing that I can think about. My life has been filled with such overwhelming isolation and loneliness since my mother mated to Gabriel. At a time when I thought my family would be growing, I became more alone than I had ever been before. I had missed the sun, the woods, the openness. Freya was kind and welcoming at first, but seemed to take my sullen disposition as a criticism of her home, eventually growing defensive and withdrawing. It likely did not help that this was around the time her wolf failed to appear. ‘You were not the kindest about that, if you remember….’ Cyrene’s observation was gentle, but firm- I had been an absolute t

