Ares decided that we should stay in the same spot as long as he had originally planned, even though I was not having any trouble standing and I was capable of walking even if it was a little sore and it was tiring if I tried to do too much.
I wasn’t used to staying anywhere as long as this, and I wasn’t sure how I was going to cope living the way his pack did when we did finally make it back to their territory.
Everything had been uncertain for me for my entire life, and staying in the same spot made me feel vulnerable and uneasy.
I had been taught that it was unsafe to stay in one place, and Ares noticed that I was tense without knowing what was wrong.
He was trying to be subtle about watching me, but I knew him too well for him to be able to do that.
He was observing my every move a
