Wolf Bewitched: 100 Years Ago [??? POV]

I moved my hand to my mate's cheek, feeling the warmth leaving his body. His dying gaze watched me with a mixture of confusion and desire. I felt a tug at my lips as I fought not to show just how glorious his death felt for me.

As a young wolf, I'd wished for a strong mate to come and take me from my home. The pack I'd once called my own had placed all their orphaned young in the care of the pack's elder--who had been far too old and far too uncaring to have been entrusted with the care of so many younglings. We'd been squished together in small huts, separated by age and gender, though the elder never truly bothered to check to make sure that we weren't co-mingling. I'd been ten when I'd lost my virginity. I'd been so naive and trustworthy.

I'd learned quick not to make the same mistake.

That night, still shaking and hurting, I ran into the woods, blood still caked between my thighs, the only external signs of just how hurt I'd been. When I could run no further, I'd fallen into a p