Rina—That’s my new name.Two years ago, when I left the Blood Shadow Pack, I headed east following what Franz had told me. About a week later, I finally found the place he mentioned—Moon House.The owner of Moon House was a woman, called Stacey. She took me in and provided me with a room to stay.When she asked for my name, I hesitated.I figured, the name Rylee didn't belong to me anymore and I, for one, didn’t want to use Jenna’s name either.“Rina,” I finally said.In the end, I told her the name of my wolf.After putting on a black veil face-cover, I took the hood off the hanger and covered my head.My face was scary now, there was a long, ugly scar.In Moon House, I had to take care of some children. I don’t want to scar them, so I wore the black veil to cover my face daily.On top of that, I also wore black colored contact lenses when I went out so I would not be recognized.Stacey had taken in many Rogues. They were mostly young children who had been abandoned by their parents,

Chapter 13In great shock, I sided away and tried to avoid Lionel's hand.He grabbed and ripped down my hood before I could escape. My long hair tumbled down, but luckily my veil still stayed on.As for my hair... Well, I had dyed my blonde hair black long ago, he shouldn't be able to recognize me.Besides, my eyes were also black with the contact-lens.I plucked the courage to look at Lionel. Sure enough, his hand hung mid-air, shock on his face. "Rina..." Cara whispered, tugging on my sleeve timidly.Lionel slowly lowered his hand."Rina," he murmured under his breath. After a few seconds, he looked away, no longer fixated on figuring out who I was."Sorry," Lionel said softly. "I’ve taken you for someone else. Your eyes are very alike to someone I once knew."I grabbed my hood and put it back on, avoiding his gaze. "It's fine. Just keep your distance from me."After that, I took Care and turned to leave."Wait." Lionel stopped me. "It's getting dark. We'll walk you back."I bit my

My old life seemed so far away from me right now, so let me just be crazy and go back to be Rylee for once. be ridiculous and pretend that I was still Rylee for the moment.Only in my dreams did Lionel still belong to me, after all.I wrapped my arms around his neck, making Lionel's breathing erratic and his body stiffened.He tried to push me away, but for some reason, he didn't push too hard, and I kissed him again."Do you know that I still love you?" I murmured against his lips, tears welling up in my eyes."...Who do you love?" Lionel asked.He ran his palm through my hair, trying to undo the veil behind my ear.As he did so, I felt a jolt of pain when he accidentally pulled on my hairHis fingers got tangled in my hairs, which and the pain snapped me back to reality.My eyes widened in panic as my mind cleared, and I stared at the man before me. The haze that clouded my mind from being drunk instantly vanished.This was not a dream!It was real!I had actually forced Lionel and k

For that moment, my mind was a mess."But why? Why you wanna leave?" I asked Cara in confusion.Cara stammered, "I... I don't want to continue being a Rogue! The Blood Shadow Pack is the strongest pack around. I want to live a better life, and-"Cara glanced at Lionel shyly before continuing, "I want to take care of Lionel.""Cara!" Stacey couldn’t stand her anymore, and she screamed to cut her words, "What’s that nonsense are you talking about?! Have you forgotten that Lionel has his Luna? Are you planning to step into his relationship? Or you want to be his mistress?!""T-that's not what I meant...!" Cara looked at Lionel in panic and confusion.Stacey grew angrier, "Did you think I didn't know what your intentions are? It's written all over your face! Besides, what's wrong with being a Rogue? You were born a Rogue! If Rina hadn't risked picking you up when you were on your deathbed, you would have died a long time ago! Now you want to leave just because you saw a powerful guy and y

(Lionel's POV)Who... was this woman?!When she turned around, it felt like I was blown away, despite the veil covering her face. For a moment, I almost mistook her for Rylee!But I knew it wasn't her, then... was she Rylee's sister, Jenna?I desperately wanted to confirm my suspicions, but when I pulled off her hood and saw her black hair tumbling down, I knew I had made a mistake.However, despite dispelling my doubts, I still unconsciously wanted to get closer to her.The attraction that pulled me toward her seemed as natural as if we were born with it.That was strange, because she wasn't my mate.But she kissed me!With that drunkenness, and through the veil, she kissed me docilely and fondly!I obviously should have pushed her away, but I couldn't.I even wanted to lift her veil and deepen the kiss.I felt a stirring from my soul, and that was like a spiritual fit.I couldn't resist approaching her again and again, even though I knew it was wrong.I loved to see her smile, and I