IT NEVER occurred to me that I would be seeing Rhys again so soon. When I finally succeed in running away from him, all I could think about was how I would live my life so far from him. Without his cage, his shackles, and his hurtful words. I was naïve, to even think that I could escape him so perfectly under the moonlight sky. How I managed to fool the most powerful Alpha in the world was getting to my head. Then I met Rita. And I felt like maybe the world wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be. Maybe somewhere out there, more people as kind as her would be waiting for me. I had the opportunity in my hand. I had the chance to make a better life and a better world for my future child. Rita taught me that running away from your destined mate was possible. It was possible to stay living