039 | Someone I left behind

Kieran’s POV

The high-ups all disappeared into Moon Chasm together when we finally arrived. That left us Warrior Wolves and Omegas twiddling our thumbs and, with nothing else to do, no duties to attend to, I slipped away from the others and went to visit her.

I’d told nobody about her. Since I’d left Moon Chasm, she’d been my guilty secret. Sometimes, I still couldn’t believe I’d left her behind. She was the only family I had left – and I’d abandoned her in the name of keeping Amelia safe. Amelia, my mate who didn’t even want me. I was a joke. No, I was worse than a joke. Nobody would laugh at me. They’d either scorn me or pity me, and I couldn’t decide which was worse.

It felt so, so strange to be back. The familiar wooden structure of the pack house rose up into the sky – the blue, cloudless sky that, for the first time in months, didn’t look like it was brimming with snow waiting to fall. Huge trees, some still clinging to their autumn leaves, arched over the lowest parts of the pa