Chapter 3
Jade
When I was positive Vex hadn’t followed me home, I pulled out the cash I earned tonight and swiped through the eight bills, still in awe that he gave me an extra three hundred dollars.
When I stepped onto the Crimson Hill Pack property, or, as I liked to call it, Hell ruled by Maddox, two border patrol guards eyed me. I stuffed the cash away and kept my gaze focused on the sunlight glinting between the monstrous trees ahead of me, giving Chaos Valley a reddish tint.
Maybe it was just earlier than I thought.
But something else just felt… off.
My body ached. Nonsensical thoughts about mates ran through my mind. I wanted to shift.
Instead, I stayed in control of my body and found myself hurrying up to Jain’s Bakery’s back door that I always forgot to lock. It wasn’t like
