Chapter 107. I Need Him

“Are you okay, my dear?” Doc’s voice waves at me from what seems like a long distance away, and I realize how, in my head, I’ve drifted into a state of numbness. We’re still rumbling along this dark makeshift path carved through the dense forest, and I was so zoned out in my mind I completely faded to dark. My cheeks are damp with the tears that sprung out of me, and I’m staring blankly ahead, in a state of disconnect, like everyone I know suddenly died a horrible death, again, and I had to watch.

“I can’t be one of those… those… creatures. They killed everyone in the orphanage.” It’s a soft, pitiful whispering tone, and I can’t bring myself to look at him. My head is full of confusion, pain, and questions, and I keep picturing Colton’s face, his dimpled smile, those deep, dark, sexy eyes, and what he will think when he finds out… Meadow, the sub pack. How will they look at me now?

I’m the enemy, and I’ve been among them this whole time.

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