“| feel so stupid. Cali. You called it weeks ago, but Clint was being so nice. | wanted to believe him.”N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content.
“| don’t know, Lily. | feel like Clint was really into you. He seemed serious when we were all together. He’s
been more attentive to you than I’ve ever seen him.”
“Then why was he kissing Anna as soon as we got back?” | say and my voice breaks. | force the tears back. | told myself |
wouldn''t cry any more tears for Clint, and | won''t.
“| don’t know Lits. Maybe you should hear him out. Honestly, | wouldn''t think he’d put so much effort into talking to you if he didn’t
care.”
“| fell for him Cali. | let myself fall hard.”
“Yeah, | know.” She wraps her arm around me as we look out over theke. “It’s not always easy
is it?”
| realize I’ve been drowning in my own pity party and haven’t really talked to Cali about this weekend. |
turn to her. “Why isn’t it always easy?”
She shrugs. “Oh, you know.”
| sit up straighter. I’m not the only one that needs a friend right now. “Apparently, | don’t. Why don’t you
lay it out for me.”
She looks at me, before turning back to the water. “You know their reputations, Clint’s and Anders“. We
know they weren''t little angels waiting for their mates. But it never urred to me that my problems
wouldn''te from Anders, but from his previous rtionships.”
“What do you mean?” | ask her.
“Well, you know how I’ve been spending more time in the packhouse?” | nod. “I’ve just been hearing more and more she—-wolves
talking about their time with Anders, how big he is, how good he is in bed.
why is he bothering with a wet nket like me.” | snarl at thatst part.
“Any man would be lucky to have you, Calista.” | tell her.
She smiles. “That’s what Anders says. But it doesn’t make it any easier to deal with all the rumors and
discussions that | overhear. Most of the time, | don’t think it’s idental, like they make it seem. | feel
like it''s intentional to make me feel insignificant.”
I start tough. “Cali, my dearest friend in the whole wide world, don’t you realize that if they are trying to make you feel
insignificant, it’s because you are a threat to them?”
She frowns. “What do you mean?”
“| mean, if they weren’t worried about Anders giving you so much attention, they wouldn’t think twice
about you. If they are really making sure you overhear their ‘private’ conversations“, | use my fingers to
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make air quotes, “then they feel you are a real threat to bing our Luna.”
| pull my friend into a hug. “And Call? They are right. There is no one in this pack that would make a better Luna, than you!”
She hugs me back. “Thanks Lils.”
| pull back, looking at her, suddenly
realizing that the forest around us
has gone too quiet. The hair on my
arms goes up and Andraes
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“Lily, what is it?” Just as she asks, a dart shoots into her leg.
In an instant, | pull it out. “Run, Cali!” | shout as Andra pushes forward and a dart shoots into my leg.
| pull out the dart and Andra forces
our shift, just as five wolves step out
on the other side of theke. Shai,
Calista’s wolf, shifts but | can tell she
won''t get far. | can smell the
wolfsbane. While my leg feels sore, |
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Mahli. He steps out behind his
warriors. “Darling. It’s time for you to
come home.” He says to me,
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