Tree can't protect you

It was evening, and Roy had left, but after promising to finish the stroll tomorrow. Also, Emberlynn was right; he had used the rest of the day to avoid answering her questions.

Even though she had seen a lot of places in the pack house, he had told her, it was merely just a fraction he had taken her to. That made Emberlynn wonder how huge the pack house actually was.

Emberlynn looked around the pack's courtyard; she was sitting on a bench strategically placed under a tall, ancient oak tree in the center.

It was her first time being here as well, and she wondered if it was off-limit, and maybe she could get in trouble for coming to a place as secluded as this. She had sighted the courtyard while Roy was busy talking about the intrigue of the training center, and she didn't have the time to ask him.

Again, she was glad she hadn't asked him because he would definitely have been against it. Just like the door he had stopped her from touching in the training center, much less a place that