Melody Reese

"I know exactly what you're feeling right now," Scarlett said, holding my right hand in a gentle grip as we walked towards the training grounds. Pack members waved; some came to say hi, while others just simply smiled as we passed. I noticed the adoration in their eyes at our closeness, and that alone warmed my heart.

"Do you?" I didn't mean to come off rude, but I asked anyway.

"When my mother was captured and locked in the dungeons awaiting sentencing, I knew what was coming," she started, reminding me that she and I had a lot of similarities.

"When I went to see her for the...