Chapter 16 - Casen

Rin has finally fallen asleep. She had clung to me, afraid of my reaction to her emotions from the clearing. She wasn’t convinced that Severn and I could handle her feelings. For some crazy reason, she had convinced herself that we would reject her, leaving her all alone in the world.

Don’t get me wrong, I understand her fear of abandonment, especially with everything that had happened with our pack and all of the other packs. But what had Severn or I ever done to convince her that we would leave her? I don’t understand. I want to, but I just don’t.

Regardless, I can’t let her be alone. That’s when she goes down these rabbit holes and freaks out. When she spends time alone in the woods with that damn skeet shooter and just thinks about everything that we’ve lost, that’s when she comes up with ideas for revenge and plots for kidnapping. I’ll support her as best I can through all of this until we can get in with the other trios. According to Brandon, they’ve got counselors an