Connection

Delilah was used to waking up early. It wasn't foreign to her; she had it countless times back at the Blue Moon pack when the nightmares woke her or she just wanted some alone time to herself before the bullying she received by Kate started.

But waking up today because someone wanted to help was foreign to her.

She watched Kai's broad back as he led her away from the cabin and into the woods.

There was something about him she couldn't her finger on. It felt like he was hiding something from her, his eyes looked faraway and troubled most of the time.

The only sounds that morning were the early calls of the bride as the snapping of twigs and crunching of dry grass under their feet as the both of them trudged forward..

When Kai had woken her up this morning the first thing she thought was that she was going to be kicked out.

Maybe he had gotten tired of putting up with her. As the last vestiges of sleep left her eyes that morning and she stared at him he asked her to get dressed and fo