Fated to Be Forgotten

e itself held its breath with the trees. I could feel it in my bones-the tension that hadn't resonated befor

yet. There was too much at stake for what was to come. The spectre of Damian l

nstrated to me. I was conscious of the pressure of the stillness. Aurora stirred beneath my surface an

my mind. We are not ready

ied when the time came? What if I failed? I shook off the thoughts and retu

the wind, I caught a whiff of a familiar scent. My eyes flew

ething earthy and damp, paired with the faintest whif

see him-his presence was a lead weight pressing down on my chest. And there he stepped out of the shadows just

only dread spille

slightly. My wolf writhed against me, preparing to cl

t, in the sheen of his eyes, and for a fleeting moment, fizzers sparkled the

he spoke quietly. "I

nside me. How dare he? After everything he'd done? After ev

rushed him under the weight of

one that was my friend and best-comfort. But that companion was replaced by the man wh

careful step towards me. "I was definite

You don't get to come here, like a simple apology is going to fix everything. You rejected me, Kian.

face, but I interrupted him again, b

ly, my place in the pack. I was exiled from my home and I had to fight to survive on my own-- all because you could not look p

purely desperate. "I do not expect forgiveness," he said. "I do not deserve it. But Reyna... things cha

ink anyone is expecting that I am going help y

eyna. But I see now. I see what I lost, what I gave up. You were

would allow. But the problem is that it

my voice icy. "They turned their backs on me just li

please. Damian's power has grown. He's destroyed three Packs already and we are next. I don't k

fted to something else. Sadness. Grief f

ything," I said sof

oked completely defeated. "I know," he said

to hate him; wanted to cling to that anger for a reason to fight. But when I saw him curled in on himsel

ally. "But not for you. Not for Silver Moon Pack. I will fight because it is t

d the ability to communicate again and before he only saw me as ange

I said coldly, "th

" he replied, almost a whisper now. "I'll leave you now. But...

ne, I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding. My heart raced inside my chest. Seein

I was more than that now. I wo

ed it woul