"Don't do this to me, Zach. Please. I can't be away from my sons. Don't separate me from them." She wept and attempted to grasp his hand, but he pulled it away.

"You pose a threat and defy authority, and I cannot allow you to remain and bring destruction to this world. You must collect all your belongings and leave by the end of today. If you are spotted anywhere in the werewolf realm from this day forward, I will have the justification to track you down and eliminate you."

The recollection of the way her whole life concluded replayed repeatedly in her mind for the days that followed. She...