Chapter 22

• Tyler's pov
• The fresh fragrance of the Douglas fir trees of the woodland filled my nose as the rain started to pour. But that didn't discourage me from running. Instead, my paws hit the puddles as mud started to form. I had no intention of stopping, even as the rain raged on, making my fur damper than previously. Even when the wind got intense and blew me back as though to taunt me, I refused to stop racing along the lake.
• As I ran further along the lakeside, all I could see was Kaya's unnerved face, directed at me. Something I never needed to see again, something that caused me to feel so sick. I should be her defender, yet I am the person who unnerved her. I frightened her by showing her that ferocious picture of me, the replica of what she had to face all her life.