Keegan woke her up in the morning. "It's time to go," he said. "I'll be waiting for you outside. Bring nothing with you. And wear clothes you won't really need.""There's nothing here that I don't need," she argued, rubbing her eyes as she sat up. A smile graced his lips. "Then you're going to have to get naked in front of me. Don't take long. The sooner we can start, the better." He left the caravan and she fumed. She walked to the bathroom and changed out of her pants and t-shirt. She put on the outfit she wore the previous day and walked out. Keegan was standing in front of the door. He gestured at her to follow him. There were even more males outside than yesterday. She tried not to look at anyone as she followed Keegan. They were heading toward the woods, which she was thankful for. She wouldn't have to be around the males for an unnecessarily long time. When the encampment disappeared from her sight, she breathed a lot easier. She hadn't forgotten the previous night's incide

Rae was still thinking about his words but she was a lot calmer, so she made her decision quickly and with a clear mind in the morning. Not wanting to seek revenge wasn't the right decision, or rather, it wasn't her wolf's decision. She saw that now. Her weak form wanted her to take the easy way out of the situation, which was to act as if it never happened and forget Negan and Kara. On the surface, running was her solution to everything. Deep down, she wanted all of them to suffer for making her suffer. As long as she denied that to herself, she'd ache. It wasn't an easy decision to make but she was astounded by how freeing it was. She didn't regret leaving her pack but something had to be done. She couldn't leave it at that or she'd be an even bigger coward than the two of them joined. Keegan was right, he was totally right. He appeared to know her better than she knew herself and it was an indicator of how good he was at reading people. She was amazed.Rae understood what he was

The tension in the caravan became thicker than ever. Rae couldn't figure out where she went wrong. She thought that by not forcing him to tell her the truth, she'd give him more space to reveal it all to her at his own pace. But he was acting strange and distant. He barely said a word to her. Three days had passed and she was nearing the week she had given herself. But she was nowhere near ready to face the wilderness on her own. She didn't win a single one of the fights and she scared a rabbit away two days ago. She expected Keegan to laugh at her as he said when she told him she was afraid of bugs but he said and did nothing. His silence was something she wasn't prepared for.She couldn't sit and wait for a decision to be made her for. Her future was in her hands. When he was cordial toward her, things seemed more simple and doable. Now that he barely looked at her, she felt it would be silly for her to hang around for too long. What would happen when he started badgering her abou

Keegan was seated at the table when Rae awoke.The sight of him startled her. He was nibbling on a piece of bread and watching her intently. He didn't even look away when she caught him staring. Now that she knew what his intentions were, she couldn't say that the staring made her totally comfortable."Morning," she said. She sat up to rub her eyes and he mumbled a greeting. She didn't know if she should give him her answer now or after breakfast. "So?" he asked. "What did you decide?" She wouldn't have to wait until later, at least. She said, "I'm going to stay for now. But when you invade StonePaw, I'll leave. I don't want to be part of any pack." Keegan looked like he wanted to disagree with her on that but there wasn't much that he could do. It was her decision. In the end, all he said was, "Alright. Until then."She nodded and looked away when she could no longer stand the intensity of his gaze. She knew he'd try to convince her to stay but changing her mind wouldn't be an eas

Words couldn't describe how anguished Rae felt.Keegan wasn't back and she had no clue what to do. Going outside was out of the question and anyway, she was locked in. She had been locked in the entire day with no news of him whatsoever. It was concerning because she had her necessities and her stomach was grumbling. Had the worst happened? If so, what would she do about it? Banging on the window and calling for help was a solution. She didn't see another way out of the caravan and she looked. She looked just to be sure because the camp appeared to be back to normal but he wasn't among them. Could it be that something bad happened to Keegan but nobody told her because they had forgotten about her? No, that wasn't possible. They all knew that she was in the caravan. She made eye contact with someone earlier, too. Perhaps they knew where Keegan was and he had warned them to leave her alone. That was a hypothesis. Maybe he'd come back later. The sun had set a few hours ago so she had