I wanted them and they wanted me; it’s all that I needed.
I followed the wolves from the carriage. Brax grabbed my hand, ignoring the mayor’s greeting as he led me toward my mother’s hut.
Derik separated as Kai went to acknowledge the humans.
I was glad I wasn’t being made to do that. I really didn’t want to engage in small talk and pretend I gave a s**t what feast they had decided to prepare in honor of the wolves joining.
It seemed tasteless to do when there were humans missing, probably dead.
It urged me on faster, and Brax held my hand tighter. I stopped outside my mother’s hut, the usually bright flowers in the gardens looking sad and solemn in the overcast day that grew darker by the second.
I quickly tidied myself up, patting down my white dress that I hadn’t put a corse
