(Beta Dean's POV)
Grey clouds hide the sun's light, and an eerie stillness settles around the lake. This is where Di, Mark and I always hid when we didn't want to handle training duties. Not once did anyone find us. We never allowed any girls here until Mark mated with Ariel. This place is sacred to us. Even the birds and little creatures of the woods are silent. Growling thunder gives its warning that a raucous storm will soon be setting in and released around me.
I should head back to the pack house and be there for everyone else in pack. I should go and help finish the preparations for the royal burial. I haven't been to see him after bringing the Queen back here. I know Sky is here too. King Tyson said Sky was on the verge of death, as if accepting her fate of going to the next life
