17. Lurking In The Shadows

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"Was that how it worked in your pack?" Hunter asked. She had all the four wolves' attention now.

"No, I ran away from home after my first shift. Never looked back. I didn't have any contact with either humans or wolves for a good seven months after that." She said, deliberately leaving out the part where her dad took a bullet for her. They did not need to know everything.

She guessed that someday she would tell Ezekiel all this, now that she was stuck with him. But right now wasn't the right time.

"Why did you run away?" Hunter was persistent as always. He needed to know everything.

"She grew up in a human home." Ezekiel said.

"Wait, so you are part human?"

"Aren't all werewolves part human?" Noelle rolled her eyes. She looked down at her mac and cheese. "But yes, I am more human than wolf."

"Explains your small wolf," Hunter commented, a small snicker bubbling out.

"I am not small!" Noelle's wolf screeched in her head. Noelle glared at him; she