Rowan POV
She thought she was so clever, skipping out and deceiving me all this time. When Amber left, I felt the pain of the mate bond as it severed as she rejected me. I didn't accept it, angry that she was able to leave so easily from my pack. How had she managed to do it when I had used my alpha tone on her?
I followed through the forest, careful to avoid stepping on any loose branches or twigs, avoiding the leaves so they wouldn't crunch beneath my feet as she wandered in front of me, in human form, in no hurry, glancing around her every so often as though she was nervous. As well as she should be. I wondered where she was going, but she walked with a purpose, as though aware of the direction like she had been this way before. Like she had been this way many times before and memori
