My palace felt emptier than ever as I entered its grand, desolate halls. The sound of my feet padding against the cold stone echoed through the space, each step a reminder of how hollow this place had always been. With no one by my side, I felt the weight of how I have really lived these past sixteen years. My wolf growled, disliking it and how I, an Alpha Princess, had been treated all this time.
I moved swiftly, pushing aside my thoughts. There was no point dwelling on the past. That's all it was now-- the past. I would no longer stay here. Even if I was not going to the South, I would not stay here.
My wolf growled again, both with rage and debts that needed to be repaid thrice in kind to those who had mistreated me and at the mention of going to Sun and Fury. 'We'll be gone with Eryx soon... But first, our people need us...' I tell my wolf. At the mention of our chosen mate, my wolf gets excited.
