Forty-Seven

Kaylee's P.O.V.

I didn't bother to smile at anyone as I marched toward the Alpha's office, nor did they smile at me. All afternoon people had been treating me like a plague that they wanted gone. More and more, I was understanding why Parker wanted to leave, and I fully supported him.

I didn't want to be here either. I wanted to find my mother, tell her that I was okay, and then move far away to a place where Parker and I could just be together and happy.

There had been so much going on until now. I had been putting off asking Parker for us to leave to find my mom. It wasn't that I felt I couldn't go without him, but the thought of stepping back into the town and walking to my mom's shop without someone made me feel sick. My mind kept telling me that I wouldn't be taken again, but every other part of my body was on edge at just the thought of going back alone.

If I did, I would be exposed and vulnerable. It wasn't a position that I ever wanted to be in again.

Even walking through