| watch Grace go to the shower, listening as she turns on the water. Thank the Goddess she finally woke up. When | called Rik


    earlier, he assured me that it’s not umon for females to be knocked unconscious when they are marked, but neither he nor


    Liam had that with their Guardians. However, neither of them were on the run, exhausted, half-starved and emotionally


    distraught at the time they were marked either.


    I''m thankful she doesn’t hate me right now. | had some horrible shbacks to the time when | tried to force the mate mark on


    Cara. | know the situations were different, but | can’t lose Grace. | wasn’t joking when | said | never thought I’d be given a fated


    mate. With everything that has happened in my life, | didn’t think | deserved one. It just goes to show that the Goddess has a


    n, even if we don’t know what it is.


    I clean up while Grace showers. She takes quite awhile and I’m not sure if this is amon thing for her or if she’s avoiding me.


    When she finallyes out, | grab my things and head into the bathroom. | didn’t have many clothes to begin with and I’ve lost


    some on this journey. I’ll need to figure out how to pay for new ones soon, along with everything else.


    My n is to take Grace to my old packnds, the Silver Dawn Pack. | had started to rebuild it when | nned to take Cara as a


    mate. It still needs a lot of work, but it has be a ce where rogues can go for a second chance, a sanctuary ofN?velDrama.Org ? content.


    sorts.


    | had called myself their Alpha and they had followed me. Many were killed in the battle against the Canyon Ridge Pack when |


    kidnapped Cara. Any that acted like true rogues, those that killed indiscriminately or couldn''t abide by the hierarchy of the pack,


    were banished or killed. What is left, are those that are able to fight, and those that are willing to be a part of a pack again.


    There are too many stories of rogues that are on their own, simply because they came from poorly run packs that had


    overbearing or cruel Alphas. Grace’s story and mine are not isted incidents. There are so many rogues that are packless.


    through no fault of their own. | created a pack, a ce where all the individuals. and families that wanted safety, wanted a ce


    to call home, coulde without fear.


    | haven''t been back in a long time. After Cara was rescued, | ran. Then | was caught by Liam and held as his captive for six


    months. Now I’ve been on the run with Grace, keeping her safe. But it’s time to go home. Time for Grace to see what


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    she’s in for if she decides to ept the mate bond. All | have to offer her is a broken—down pack with a bunch of misfits trying to


    make their way in the world.


    I sigh, getting out of the shower, pulling on a pair of shorts. | like feeling Grace’s emotions. It has calmed Louis, but | hope that


    someday, she will ept me and want toplete the mate bond. | want someone by my side, helping me to rebuild a ce


    that was broken into something amazing, something that everyone that lives there can be proud of.


    When | walk out of the bathroom, | see that she’s already in the only bed in the room. | don’t want to presume, so | pull the chairs


    at the table closer together and prepare to sleep on them.


    “What are you doing?” Grace asks me.


    “Just gettingfortable.” | say. When | look at her, she’s frowning at me.


    “In the chairs?”


    | look down at them. Yeah, nothing about them looksfortable at all.


    “| already told you | can’t sleep unless you''re lying beside me.” She pats the bed beside her. “I mean, unless you don’t want to.”