Arian's forehead creased.

“But how?”

“It's called a mind link. The connection between…,” she held those words back.

Raya couldn't bring herself to say it. He had rejected her, and she did the same. The only reason she was still standing there was because of her friends and not because of him.

They made her a better person, not him.

“Members of a pack share the connection,” she explained further.

“So this mind link you're speaking of, led you straight to the Hallow pack?” Arian asked.

“Hallow pack?” Vera gasped.

Raya looked back, seeing that they were glued to their conversation all this time, and she wasn't being as discreet...