46: Margot

This chapter contains Margot's story. It can be triggering. Read with caution.

If you are in the U.S. and have been a victim of sexual assault, help is available through the National Sexual Assault Hotline.

1-800-656-4673 I'm sorry, I don't know the resources available in other locations.

I didn't have the money to get a hotel to sleep at. I could have shifted and slept in the woods, but I learned my lesson long ago that it is not safe for women to be alone in the woods, even in wolf form. There are plenty of rogue wolves who look for females, and that is why I ended up sleeping on a park bench.

The last thing I expected was to be woken up by my mate. Mate? I didn't think I would ever find a mate. I am broken and have been for a very long time. My cousin knows I'm an addict. She doesn't know how I ended up this way, though, and I will never tell her. We weren't close and never have been.

When I was ten, my dad passed away, protecting the pack. When someone loses their mate once bo