Book 2 -15-

[Goodbyes]

OWEN

“Are you excited about being home?” Amanda muttered, glancing over her right shoulder. Her long, dark auburn hair whirled out, split by the wind, and streaming over her shoulders, whereas her khaki coat flapped in all directions behind her, protecting her from the blistering breeze that came out of nowhere.

With slow, deliberate steps, I drew closer to her. My thoughts and emotions were still playing catch up, unable to believe that after five long years apart, we were finally together again. Nothing had made me happier since I left her to join the Ambersky pack.

When Blair’s father, Tyrone, asked for a volunteer to join the Ambersky pack, and I said yes, it was not my best decision. I would admit that. But with Amanda going to school and her father being such a nag about me being a distraction, I figured, why not? What I didn’t know was that it would take five years. Five years of pining for her touch, her love, and her smile.

I tucked a few stray hairs behind he