Chapter 6. I Am Not Going

Madeline’s POV

“I am not going,” I said as I started walking away from my father.

I had no reason to stay there anymore. My mom’s body was gone. I wasn’t going with my father and I didn’t want to talk to him anymore. There was no reason for me to stay at the burial site any longer. I was going to go home, lay in my mom’s bed, and cry my eyes out.

I definitely wasn’t going with my father anywhere. There was no freaking way that I was leaving my pack. There was no freaking way that I was going anywhere with that man.

“Madeline!” he called after me.

I didn’t respond. I didn’t even turn around.

The man left me. He left my mom. I didn’t need him or his pity money.

“Madeline!” he called me again, but this time I heard him following after me.

I started walking faster.

“Madeline, stop!” my father yelled.

I ignored him.

My heart was beating a mile a minute. I wasn’t leaving. I wasn’t leaving my pack. I wasn’t leaving my