I could see the look of pain in her eyes and heard the longing in her voice. She was remembering and she was hurting. I felt nothing but grief for her.
"You don't have to do this. I don't want you to get the blame" I said, looking at her fretfully.
She shook her head. "Nobody saw me sneak down here, nobody will see me leave. I wanted to see you one more time and it turns out it might be the last time. You are something else Riley" she laughed softly, "and your path is going to take you somewhere you didn't envision. I don't envy Alpha Jaxon when he discovers you are missing and not waiting around for him to make a poor decision. I wish you the best of luck" she told me solemnly "and you should head south, away from where the supposedly feral alpha is. You don't want to be torn limb fro
