I also noticed a presence approaching us. “You should leave.”
“Tomorrow then?” He c****d a brow as he took several steps away from me.
“Before the sun’s out.” I added, my eyes not leaving his until he disappeared into the woods.
“Madeline?” I looked around to see who had arrived. It was Evie. “Who were you talking to just now?”
“I don’t have to answer that.”
Her eyes suspiciously looked at me and then she sniffed around. “You were with a man. Who’s he?”
“Again, I do not have to answer that.”
“Not after I report this to the grand Luna.”
“What’s stopping you then? Go ahead…”
Frustration seemed to appear in her eyes. She clenched her jaws and told me. “The moon is out and the ceremony Is about to begin. Get ready for your initiation.”
“I am not a part of the pack so I am not obli
