Traitor

River

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She ran to the pack house. As she arrived, she couldn't help but halt even if it was for a brief second to take in the view and bask in the nostalgia of returning to the place where she was born. This was the place where she had grown up from, together with Echo.

Well, it was also the place where the bad memories started from. It was also where she has had to grow up faster than she had ever done. And this place… she had been away from it for seven years.

Standing in front of it right now, she could tell that the air was different. She stood, unblinking and taking the view in. It was good to be back here, but bad that it was not for a good reason that she was in front of her right now.

Her heart thumped so hard that she thought it’d fall on the floor anytime soon. When her eyes got glossy and the mansion before her blurred, she sniffed back and swallowed her sentimentality.

This was her daughter’s safety on the line. She wouldn't hold back and allow her emotions to get