Chapter 26 | Gone Rogue

Phoenix

My life is entirely different than it had been.

It’s not hard for me to be a rogue. My father prepared me for this kind of lifestyle, honestly. Since the day I received my wolf he would have me hunt in my wolf form and learn how to kill and prepare food off the land. When he had visitors and he didn’t want them to see me he would order me stay off of the pack grounds until he deemed that it was ‘safe’.

If people knew about my curse they would fear me, so he always thought that it was more convenient for me to be gone. I should’ve known then that he never truly planned for me to take over as Alpha, if I was truly going to be Alpha then he would’ve been pushing for me to make connections with other people. But instead, he always pushed for Beatrix to be present during those meetings.

I just finished building the fire and I take a deep breath as I lie down on the forest floor beside it. I’m not too far away from the Renegade Pack. I don’t know where Violet Stone came from, but I