Chapter 7. Promise Me

Emily's POV

I shifted the truck's gears back into third as I took the steep, rocky turn-off towards the White Moon Pack, my home for the last five years. I have been on an assignment, and it felt good to be able to come home again.

It was Mila's idea to come to live here, and even though it was hard in the beginning to leave my family behind, I was proud of what I had accomplished by myself.

My thoughts wandered off to that night. My mom had mind-linked Mila, telling her that I wasn't feeling well and that I needed a friend.

Mila didn't even wait for my mother's scent to fade from my room when she sneaked in through my window.

"Em," she whispered. "Are you awake?"

I nodded my head, unable to utter a word.

"Are you okay?"