SELENE'S POV "What did you say?" Aldric asked in a cold voice, all signs of his playfulness from just seconds ago completely gone, as if vanished into thin air in just a split second. I quickly shook my head and hurried to clear things up for him, even though I still had no idea why he would react this way. So what if I wanted to leave Night Crescent? Shouldn't I be allowed to? It's my choice, isn't it? It's not like I'm a prisoner in this pack or anything like that. But still, I went on to explain, not wanting to cause any form of misunderstanding. "No, I didn't mean it like that, that came out wrong. What I mean is... Allison and a couple of her friends invited me to go out with them. To town. But Allison said I had to get your permission first, you know, since it involves leaving th