Shortly after I rejected the pack I felt empty for a few moments, lonely. I had to keep convincing myself that I had made the right decision. I’ve been making hard decisions like this for a long time and hopefully this would be the last one I had to make. Last night it felt good to sleep in Kaspen’s arms with Josie beside me but my dreams were nightmares. I dream about the hologram future Delrose showed me. My dream focused on what I saw of Kaspen’s dead body. Was Delrose really capable of that? I had seen her fight strong wolves, even betas but she always stirred clear of alphas and groups of werewolves. I needed to fight out just how strong she was. I needed to protect my mate even if my absence might hurt him for a little while. I looked straight ahead as a portal opened. An arm that

