Chapter 5

Chassy

I ended up in a stream that I didn’t know was there. I had been living in the pack for 18 long years, and yet I had not gone outside the border. It was the first time that I saw something other than the kitchen in the pack house, the road I always take when I go there, and the room in which I slept. I just realized how foolish I am to stay in a place where I never felt like I belonged. I looked into the water and saw my reflection. The moonlight was so bright that I thought at least it would stay with me.

Because of the light that came from the moon, I saw how miserable I was. Is this how I am supposed to live? Will there be a chance that I will be happy? If everyone had a purpose for living, what was mine? Who’s going to be with me to materialize that purpose? Feeling tired and exhausted, plus the numbness and heaviness of my heart because of the rejection I had caused, I couldn’t help but lie down by the stream and close my eyes.

I didn’t