Chapter 12

Nicole still felt like she was dreaming. The female members from Dark Moon had arrived after the ceremony and helped her pack her measly stuff, put them in the trunk of the luxury cars they arrived with, and took her away. Some of the Dark Moon’s scouts had wolfed out and gone ahead of them, others rode alongside them.

Nicole could see flashes of their fur as they competed with the high-speeding vehicles. Alpha Liam and the rest were coming from behind in wolf form too.

Nicole was barely present for all that happened. Her body was there, her eyes were open, and she moved when asked and responded when spoken to, but from a far distance in her mind. If not for her wolf, she would have lacked coordination.

Despite her long run, where she tried as much as possible the spinning wheel that was her life, it was still like a dream. Maybe it was for the better. Maybe the soul-crushing sorrow she felt for losing her mate was the best.

She took a lungful of the cool win