Salem I haven't left the room since the fight with Madison. I stayed the entire evening until the next day. The morning I got up early, feeling the need for a run. My wolf was dying too. Madison was still asleep in her room when I sneaked out and shifted into my white wolf. I covered my markings that screamed I was a member of the River Pack, a high rank, and then I ran into the forest. The Grey Pack was no more, and I had planned to run until my wolf had had enough. The surroundings weren't as brightly lit as yet. I had also awoken before the morning sun. I could find my way running through the forest without falling or hitting anything. It was a wolf thing, or was it dwelling in the depths of the forest for 18 years apart? It felt good to race through the forest alone. I felt a sense of peace; it relaxed me. The morning sunlight had finally arrived. I was panting and tired. I went to a small river and licked some water, quenching my thirst and preparing to head back to Madison

SalemThe entire morning, Madison stayed in her room. I blamed myself for her sudden change of mood.I hurriedly searched through the book for more pictures of my kind, but there were only two pictures. My mom in her human form and her wolf form. The book was mostly words; sadly, words I cannot read because I am illiterate.I heard Madison's door close. I quickly threw the book back into the box and took up the small book she was using to teach me the alphabet before she could spot me with the book her ex-mate wrote about my kind.My head lifted from the picture alphabetical book as if I were looking through it as I heard her enter the living room.She smiled at me.I returned her smile."I'm sorry, I have gotten you all excited to start reading, and then my painful past will ruin things for you," she apologized."It's okay," I retorted. "Are you feeling much better now to start teaching me again?" I asked.I was very eager to learn how to read now. I needed to know more about my kind.

SalemWolf by wolf, the lost laid their object to commemorate their lost ones, while the ones who had found their mate held each other closely, and the ones who didn't hoped for the next full moon they would be lucky to find their mate.Madison slowly walked to the trees and kissed the stuffed toy she had chosen for her daughter, laying it beneath the tree. I followed behind, placing the small container with the droplet of rain. We then held hands, leaving the tree together.I thought the event was over after we'd commemorated our loved ones, but it wasn't. There was an after-celebration within the alpha's home."I don't want to enter his home." I paused before the alpha's home as I told Madison sadly.Madison stopped and looked at me.As she was about to say something, a short, dark-haired female approached us.She ran to Madison and hugged her happily from behind.Madison turned around, returning her hug, delighted to see her."I thought you weren't going to come," said Madison to th

SalemAfter everything I've been through, I can imagine the amount of hurt my mom must have dealt with knowing my father never loved her, especially when she was carrying me.I lay sadly under a tree in the hopes that when I returned, he would be gone by then. Knowing the person he is, I didn't want to see his face again, ever. I began to wish he was truly dead and that my mom was the one living.Why do the bad ones live longer and the good ones die so fast? I couldn't help thinking with a heavy heart.My head rose quickly from the ground upon hearing a sound behind me. I looked around, and I felt a great instinct, as if I were being watched. I've been long enough in the hood; Madison must be concerned about my whereabouts, and so I ran back to her house. I went where I had hidden my clothes and shifted, redressing myself.As I went inside, an uneasy feeling swept over me, knowing my father may be inside still speaking to Madison. I dreaded having to interact with him again.My hand tr

SalemThe morning I woke up, Madison was still in bed, sound asleep. It was odd to see her still in bed, knowing she would have been downstairs cooking breakfast by then.I slowly got out of bed, not wanting to wake her, and took my time to open the door and lock it behind me.I went to the bathroom to tidy up and to my room to change from my nightwear into easy clothes to put on. I found a white dress I don't remember seeing in the closet. I immediately put it on. I looked at myself in the mirror, seeing that it was not my size; it was big. I decided to wear it anyway since it hid my fat belly and I wasn't too proud of seeing it, which was good.I went downstairs and into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for Madison. I've seen her prepare breakfast for me many times, so I decided to do so for her as well. I have planned to fry sausage for breakfast.I went to the unlit fire area, and she would start the fire before placing the pot on top of the fire. I paused and stared at it, not hav