Wendy's POV

People gasped and whispers filled the air.

“Wendy Ashton?” someone whispered from the rear.

“Is that really her? Wolfless Wendy?” another voice whispered from my left.

“I thought she was dead!” an older man said.

I stood strong at the podium, straightening my shoulders as the whispers grew louder. The crowd that had come for a business talk was now fully focused on me. A reporter from an online news site jumped up from her chair.

“Miss Ashton! Why show who you are now?”

Another reporter rushed to get his microphone closer. “Are you trying to get back at them for what they did to you as an...