Chapter 77

• "We don't have food. We don't have water."
• The gentle voice was that of Suri, a small Omega with eyes that were wide with fear. My sister, brother, and I huddled close to a meager fire, the flames casting leaping shadows on our faces. We were in a small cave, one that was well concealed on the lands of the Thornhide Pack. It had taken weeks since I had departed the Silverfang Pack. Weeks ago that I had been out of touch with my Alphas. Weeks ago that I had been part of a family.
• I was a Wolf Without a Pack. An unhomed queen. I had found Suri a few days back, hungry and homeless. She had been exiled from her pack for a blunder that she did not want to share, a secret that had destroyed her soul. I had also found Elya Thornfield, a former Omega of the Thornhide Pack. She was the one who had led me to this cave, a refuge for misfits such as ourselves. She was a stoic woman, taciturn and towering, her face a scowl of weary determination.