Freesia’s POV
It’s been a few weeks since I left home.
I hoped to put as much distance between Zarek and me as possible, but the money I had saved up from my summer job could only take me so far. I’ve been staying in a place called Ashveil, a neutral zone located between my old pack and another. Most people here were rogue wolves who had been exiled from their territory for one reason or another, or runaway wolves like me.
Even though the area didn’t belong to the jurisdiction of a pack, I wasn’t going to take any chances. I adopted a fake name, Rosemary, and concealed my pregnancy everywhere I went.
I worked as a cashier at a convenience store during the day. It was slow, but the work was easy, and I could rest behind the counter when there were no customers. But the pay was little,
