Chapter 303

• “Roots,” I echo, staring out at the rolling hills, the dense forests, the territory that’s now mine to protect. “Maybe that’s what I need, too.”
• Because maybe, despite everything, that’s what I’ve been searching for all along—a place to call mine, a bond to anchor me, something that goes beyond pack allegiance. Something that feels like a future.
• Kai nudges me with her shoulder, breaking me out of my thoughts. “Just don’t lose your mind about it. We all know you’re prone to a little… intensity.”