Valerie’s POV
“Did they chase you out, Val?” Melody’s shrieking voice rings in my ears as I step back into the pack house and hastily make my way back to my room. I was in such a hurry to get back, I didn’t think! I should have taken the back entrance as I planned.
Thankfully, her attention is drawn by someone wanting to see her ring, and she doesn’t follow me. I quickly rushed into my room and locked the door behind me. Sitting down on my lumpy single bed, so I could remove the beautiful but very uncomfortable shoes and rub my feet.
No amount of time on my feet nearly prepared me for this kind of torture! Whoever invented heels didn’t think, did they? I started to pull the pins from my hair and rubbed my fingers through my hair, probably making a bigger mess than anything else. There w
