Valerie's POV
Rumors spread faster than truth.
And in this pack…
They spread like wildfire.
I didn't even need to hear them directly to know what was being said.
I could feel it.
In the way people looked at me.
In the whispers that stopped the moment I walked past.
In the subtle shifts of respect… and doubt.
Because there was one thing about me that everyone knew.
Or thought they knew.
I was turning eighteen in a few days.
And I was still…
Wolfless.
"Is it really true or is there something we don't know?"
"She still hasn't shifted. There is no doubt about that."
"How can a Luna not have a wolf?"
"I wonder how such a great warrior like Jude Smith managed to give birth to someone so useless. Her father was on par with the alpha when it came to strength. So, how did his daughter turn out to be a useless wolfless human?"
The voices weren't even trying to be quiet anymore.
I walked through the courtyard as usual, ignoring them.
