~Aria~

“My Luna, Pack mother is here to visit you,” Beatrice told me in the afternoon.

After stomping out of the dining hall, the only place I wanted to be was in my room, on the bed and alone.

I pushed the blanket away. “Did she say why she’s here?” I asked, because I clearly recalled she said her training with us was over the last time. And again, since the death of Elder Wraith, her husband, I wasn't sure I wanted to face her or face anything that would remind me of him.

“I’m sorry, my Luna, I wanted to send her away. I told her you are taking...