Kestrel's POV
Going back home feels like walking through fog, everything blurred and confusing. I don't know what I'm feeling anymore. Jealousy that burns hot in my chest, anger that makes my hands shake, and this weird twisted happiness that I have a sister who happens to be my mate's first love. The emotions are too much, too heavy, crushing me from the inside out. I just need to leave because staying there with him, knowing he's hiding something, knowing he still loves her, it's too painful. My chest aches like someone reached inside and squeezed my heart until it stopped beating.
So I shift and run, my demon wolf taking over, carrying me through the forest until I reach the pack lands I swore I'd never return to. The place that made me feel worthless for eighteen years of my life. Bu
