Chapter 9: The Debris of War

VALKYRIE

To say I was beyond ecstatic was underrated. My mate had accepted our connections without any difficulty and it felt surreal to me. To think that Sage had an unprejudiced soul even though I didn't entirely explain things in detail to her—— that I was in fact, a werewolf. She just trusted me so easily and I would be a fool to break that so I was pondering about what to do with that Ethan. How could I tell Sage that he was under our care while the town was looking for his whereabouts? How could I prevent myself from lying to her without telling her the terrible truth?

"Val, are we ready now?" Vance asked, pulling me out of my deep thoughts.

I whirled around to make eye contact with the scout team I'd gathered for tonight. The moonlight blessed us with its waxing gibbous curse as it pasted in the sky with a white glow, overlaying the darkness of the wood but created more shadows instead. The breeze was cold but wasn't enough to slip into my black parka jacket and cargo pants. Ne