Epilogue

Eleanor dashed through the woods, panting and cursing under her breath. It wasn't supposed to go this way, she thought. She was sure she had not been followed.

But now, the guards were after her, hot on her tail and she could not seem to outrun them.

Her parents would be disgust if they saw her now. What had become of her. Cassy and Lino would probably laugh their heads off if they saw her.

She was a thief.

She had been living from and to mouth for years, taking shelter in empty barns or cottages, stealing food from moving carriages or from travellers.

She had walked and moved and tried to make something of herself for the past few years, but all anyone wanted from her was to bed her or turn her into a whore, and while she knew she was a despicable person, there were things she could not allow.

From the ears of one of the travellers, she had heard of a castle in the North, with plenty or riches that were untouched by the Alpha who seemed to have no intere