Ciara concluded her story with a smile. She wiped away her last tears that evening and stroked the grave marker of Nova, bidding him farewell.

“We’ll visit her occasionally,” Scott said.

They walked side by side, Scott embracing Ciara, and Ciara hugging Scott around the waist as they headed towards the car.

“That day... I don’t know what would have happened to me if it weren’t for you finding me,” Ciara reminisced, as the car drove away from the cemetery.

“You would have become a captive for sure. They would have tortured you or even killed you. A rogue is one of the pack’s archenemies, and there is no mercy...