Chapter 40 - Kaia

I am so angry. Livid even. How dare he talk to me like that! Does he even understand what I can do? The kind of warrior that I am? I was invited to be one of the Elite and declined to keep my Luna position. But that didn’t mean that I was some kind of liability in battle!

And like I always do, I find it easier to deal with my emotions and how arguments played out better in my wolf form. So, I head for the forest. The place where I do my best thinking.

I quickly transform into my wolf and start to run the territory. And then I allow the argument to replay in my head. This time, though, I hear it a little differently.

Instead of the angry and almost smug “NO!” that I thought Tomas had screamed at me when I suggested that we go with him, I remember the look on his face. The protectiveness and fear. Is it possible that I misunderstood his intention?

It makes what he had said next sound more like a plea than anything else. “No! I won’t let you come with me. I can’t ris