Nineteen

RAVEN’S POV:

I sat on a pavement by the black sleek car parked in front of the pack house garage, waiting for us to depart with Tristan's beta, by the driver's door, checking his wristwatch from time to time. We were both waiting for him to finish the necessary complementaries before we could be on our way to his pack.

It was rather awkward for me to stand there with pack members walking by and staring at me from time to time like a movie as they whispered to themselves. I'm sure rumours must have spread around the pack about me leaving, so it was not that surprising. But I still couldn't help but feel strange.

Just then, I sighted Theo and Layla approaching me from a distance, and I stood up to meet up with them. I hadn't seen Layla for a very long time, and when we approached one another, she immediately embraced me.

"Raven..." She gushed with a smile on her face. "How have you been? Sorry I didn't come by. I had some things to tend to at home."

Theo had told me the other day, so I