Chapter 36

Kiara

Three months had passed since the shadow incident. I never told Alpha Maseno about it because I wasn't sure if what I had seen was true or if it was just in my head.

Although I had mustered up enough courage and walked up to his office door, I stopped.

I knew if I were to tell him about the shadows, the bird, and stuff, he would want to know if someone else had seen them apart from me.

Yes, someone was there and had asked me about the bird, but I was wondering if I was dreaming, and that never happened. I was also sure that there was no way he would admit that he did see that, given that he was a jerk.

That's behind me anyway. I decided to toss that day away, throwing its memories into a river that I would never dare plunge into.

The shadows and the bird were now dead to me—not just dead, but decomposed, and now food for the termites and bacteria.

I swung my legs off the bed, making sure the first foot to touch the ground was the right