Chapter 8 I Could Never Accept That

• [Dorothy]
• Without River, my bruises and body pain took time to heal. I heard from Nanny Adel that Charlotte and her gang of mean girls had been evicted from the pack house. I tried calling River to convince her to come out from hiding, but she never responded even once.
• I was torn. I was grateful and sad for my wolf. I was grateful because she sacrificed her freedom to protect me from being harmed by Brohan’s betrayal, and I was sad because she was in agony. I know it will bruise her more deeply than it could hurt me. Sometimes, their mates’ human counterparts are the sources of their despair.