Chapter 26

ADRIANA

Happy chatter and laughter fills the place. There were smiling faces wherever I turned, which left me feeling like the odd one out. The week of the full moon is usually a happy one for everybody. They got to sit back and relax, letting the moon run its course. They let their wolves run wild and free. Then comes the full moon run.

I was dreading it for some reason.

I couldn't bring myself to laugh or smile or enjoy the festivities like everyone else was. If you asked, I couldn't tell you the reason for my bad mood. I just wasn't feeling particularly happy or even eager to be alive.

I have been feeling like this for a few days. Mum has done everything she could to help. But nothing she did felt right.

So had Kian. The last time he came to me with books, I told him I needed a few days to be alone.

This might be because of the incident near the lake. Even though I told myself it was not that. So many times. I almost started to b