The forest leaves crunched beneath my paws as they pounded the earth. Twigs broke and stones dug into my flesh.
All I could hear was the wind whistling in my ears. I had never run faster in my whole entire life.
Freedom.
Freedom.
FREEDOM!
I could smell it. It was so close. I needed to cross the territory border, separating the eastern pack from the western. My pack was on the western side.
What I had done was incredibly stupid but it was an honest mistake. I had gone too far into the woods after a fight with my older brother. I was to attend a type of ball for unmated werewolves and I didn't want to go. He was trying to convince me, for my mother. All she wanted for me was a better life. A higher rank.
But for the love of the moon goddess, I was only 16! I just wanted t
