7: New Beginnings

JADE

I didn't know who to turn to after all of this. I had nowhere to go. No one to even call.

There was no family that I know of anywhere. It had always been just me and my grandmother since my mum died. And when the alpha found us in the woods and brought us to his pack. It became our new home. They became our new family.

Everyone that I know is tied to the pack. And I can't call Andrew.

He lives in the pack and Atlas is still his alpha. He may want to help me but he can’t defy Atlas if he uses his alpha dominance on him.

I came down from the cab. I’d checked the farthest motel from the house and told the driver.

A breath escaped my dry lips as I stood with my lone suitcase outside the large building.

“Jade?” I turned when I heard my name.

My eyes squinted at the sight of the familiar face.

I recognized Atlas’s uncle, Brandon, immediately. They didn't particularly share any physical similarities, even with Atlas’s father but I knew him well enough from the few times he has b