H A I L E Y
The next day, I decided to take Liam to the park. He had been cooped up in the house for too long, and I wanted to give him a taste of normalcy, a chance to just be a kid. The sun was shining so bright today, the air was crisp and clean, and for a little while, we could pretend that everything was okay.
We were playing on the swings, Liam's infectious laughter filling the air, when I saw her. Yasmine.
She was walking on the path that circled the park, dressed in a simple, unassuming outfit, a small, friendly smile on her face. She looked like any other pack member out for a stroll. But I knew better. She was hunting.
She saw us, and her smile widened. She started walking towards us, her movements slow and deliberate. I felt a surge of adrenaline, a primal instinct to prote
