Jake Do you even know how hard it is to leave someone behind that you knew you were meant to be with for eternity? Well, that was the awful feeling I was having to come to terms with as I let the love of my life leave the packhouse to give herself over to someone who was no doubt coming after me. It took everything inside me not to break down and disobey orders from the Elders and just be with her. Things like this happened all the time but finding that one special person that would stick by you no matter what was like finding a needle in a haystack. I was beating myself up over the decision I made and having about as many regrets as one could. “Stupid werewolf laws,” I almost whispe