55: Valeria

By evening time I felt like I knew everyone in the entire village, and there was a gathering that they all said we should meet for together.

There was no distraction, no problems. I got back to the bedroom and saw that Emily had dropped a new sack there.

This time it was filled with clothes that fitted my size. I smiled at them, slliping one of them on. By now the moon was starting to show up.

I left the cottage, since no one else was there, and decided to explore the rest of the village by myself, surrounded by a lot of trees. I never thought something like this would exist.

I thought about the fact that my parents would have loved it here. That was all I wanted to have, my parents, my mate, and I, without having to deal with the regular hierarchy in our werewolf world.

My wolf was within me, mourning the loss of our mate, and she was not talking to me, but I was fine. I knew that she would get over it, especially because I had gotten over it.

I went towards a lake and sat there on t