Chasing Adrianna

dary of their once-thriving pack. The moonlight streamed through the canopy, dappling the

es went unanswered as her mother's lifeless eyes stared up at the stars. The bond between the two had been severed by

grief and madness. His breathing was shallow, his mind somewhere far away. The bond he had once shared with her mother-the bond that had been their strength-now tore him apart. The

voice ragged as she fought for breath just moments b

nd one last time. But his words were hollow, the grief s

ate bond that still pulsed weakly in his chest. It was a cruel trick of nature-the bond that had

aughter as he spiraled further away from reality. He could no longer see her-the girl that was supposed to be his new hope. All he coul

s of her helpless infant self fading into the backdrop of Soren's fractured mind. He had run, aban

carried only by the wind. And when hunger gnawed at her

before anyon

outcasts, the wolves who couldn't-wouldn't-fit into the order of things. The rogue leader, a grizzled wolf named Kyros, had found he

d stirred something in him-something he couldn't quite place. He had known pain in h

haps some unspoken connection between him and the girl, abandoned just as he had been by his own kin. His mind, ever so sharp, had calculated the p

as he looked down at the small, fragile face star

lanket and rudimentary care. Kyros had insisted on looking after h

herited not just the fate of a lost child, but the callousness of a worl

ever ca

nna's name was already forgotten. She had no place in this world anymore. She was the embodiment of tragedy, a girl

d no c

twisted way, but it was not the kindness of family or love. It was the indifference of those who had been broken themselves. Adrianna grew up