Ashlyn
Running out the back door of the pack house, I ran through the snow-covered forest as fast as I could, trying to outrun my guilt. How could I let that kiss happen? Why did I think Ian and I could return to being friends? Mason must have felt that through our bond. Tears ran down my cheeks, and I pushed myself to run faster.
I ran until I hit the clearing with a waterfall. This is the spot where I’d come with Ian. The water falls into a hot spring pool and overflows into a creek. Large, flat rocks surrounded the pool of water. Panting, I was covered in sweat when I reached the falls.
I sat cross-legged on a rock, facing the pool and the waterfall, trying to settle my breathing, but I couldn’t. Guilt churned in my stomach as I thought about the situation I put myself in. I thought
