Desperate Desires

I had come out to the garden in the back of the castle, hoping it would be the one place Alaric wouldn’t think to find me.

I never come out here.

There was such peace and beauty here, I found myself truly relaxing for the first time in a sevennight.

I could see the woods off in the distance. And knew that going out there would be like coming home.

I’d come to this castle seeking freedom. But real freedom would be letting my wolf out. Letting her run until she couldn’t anymore. Hunting by snatching prey in my jaws.

But that was how the Asara found me.

When I turned into a wolf, it meant that males could smell me.

And if it was near a Mating Moon, it meant that all of them could, for miles.

So, I was like a trapped bird with wings clipped. Sitting in a gorgeous cage. I had everything I wanted. Yet, I was miserably unhappy.

I saw maids moving beyond the open door of the Dance Hall leadi