Chapter 7. Not a Date

Sarah

"So, you've never been back?" He's been putting off asking it, and my heart breaks again, knowing he has to ask. He should know. He should've recognized that I was missing. 

"No. In the first few years, I asked my mums if I should visit them for the summer, but they got scared and said I shouldn't. I missed them. I understand that I was only their adopted daughter, but I don't remember my biological parents. Black River was the only home I knew." There goes my unemotional approach. I feel a lump forming in my throat, making me uncomfortable. 

He senses my sadness but still presses further. "Did they say you must leave because you don't have a wolf?" 

"Not really, but I never asked. It was already too painful that they didn't want to see me. So, I just assumed." 

I stretch the muscles in my body and take a deep breath, steadying my heart and swallowing my emotions. "They found me wandering in the woods when I wa