Chapter 17

 

It was easy to become lost in the wild.

The temptation of it was tantalising. Like a female in heat or a fresh kill between teeth. It was a drug like no other.

Time moved quickly when travelling endlessly between the tall trees, but Adelaide knew full well of how much time had passed since her departure from the child who had captured her soul.

Almost a year.

Too long had she been separated from Grace, even longer from her father. It felt cruel on her behalf, to begin to heal and then to be separated again, to protect females that had done nothing for her. But she did as the Moon commanded, without question.

Although hesitant at first, the females progressed rapidly from her teachings. The few males that had joined them soon learned that their place was no higher than that of the female next to them. Both male and female were equal. It was only those who were born and gifted for higher purpose that rose through the ranks.

There were three new Alpha’s in her mist. Two fem