ARIA'S POV
Hannah and I finally reached the front of Celeste’s door. I paused, glancing around the small clearing. The house sat tucked deep in the woods, far from the rest of the pack and perhaps the noise. The house itself wasn’t large, but it carried a presence. There was something about it that made it feel like it belonged more to the trees than to anyone alive. I wondered what that was about.
“This is where she lives? All the way out here?” I asked, turning to Hannah. “Doesn’t it feel… too far from the rest of the pack?”
Hannah gave a soft nod. “She used to live among everyone else. But after her mate died, she left their house and built this one out here. She said she wanted quiet. And she’s been here ever since.”
I turned back to the house, wondering how any normal person coul
