CHAPTER ELEVEN

I've been walking for hours. And I still can't believe what's happening. I've been banished, sent away from my tribe, from my home. I'm alone, with no one to help me.

I try to take my mind off of it by focusing on my surroundings, but I'm not sure how much good that does. This forest looks exactly like the one I grew up in. The trees, the berries, the animals...it's all exactly the same.

And yet, somehow, it's completely different. Being alone out here is terrifying. I'm not used to being on my own, and I don't like it. I wish I could be back at the camp with my mother, safe from the terrors of the outside world.

Hell, I'd even take Dean's company. I'd look down on it if I didn't have to, but I'd rather spend time with him than be alone.

But it's not just being alone that makes the situation so scary. It's the journey ahead of me, knowing that there's no one to help me if anything goes wrong.

I am a wolf without a pack. I'm going to have to learn how to survive on my o