Hades
I had spent most of my life believing that silence was strength. A silent warrior couldn't be read. A silent Alpha couldn't be manipulated but this silence was different.
It wasn't mine. It belonged to my wolf and I hated it.
For the first time since I had shifted, I could barely feel him. I couldn't hear from him.
I walked beside Iris through the narrow forest path behind Mara's house, my hand wrapped around hers. The old woman had kept her promise. She had gotten us out of town before dawn through an abandoned merchant road that wound behind the hills.
We had traveled for several hours. Now the sun was beginning to disappear. Mara had led us to an abandoned hunting lodge hidden deep in the forest. It had no sign of life.
Mara had left us with food, water, blankets, and enough medicine to last several days. She had also given us something more valuable.
Time.
