All Chapters of The Twice Rejected Luna: Chapter 11 - Chapter 14

~SilverThe days after I ran from the palace blurred together in a way that made it hard to tell when one ended and the other began. I moved through the woods like a ghost carrying my bag close to my body and my fear even closer my feet sore and blistered from walking for hours without rest. I kept thinking that maybe after the first night things would get better, that maybe the world would soften once it realized how tired I was but it never did. Every new morning came with the same cold air biting into my skin and the same dull ache in my chest that reminded me I was truly alone now.I tried to approach packs. I really did. I would stand at the edge of their territories, my hands shaking, my heart beating so loudly I was sure they could hear it and wait for someone to notice me. When they did, their eyes would narrow the moment they saw my hair and my thin frame and the way I stood like someone expecting to be hit at any moment. Some of them did not even bother asking my name. T

~SilverWalking into Rowan’s pack felt strange in a way I could not explain properly even if I tried. I had expected something loud and intimidating like the palace or harsh and broken like my former pack but this place was neither of those things. It was not flashy or grand and there were no towering gates or marble floors but it was alive in a way that made my chest ache. People moved freely and laughed loudly and children ran past us without being shouted at and the sound of life wrapped around me so suddenly that I almost stopped walking because it felt unreal.As we passed through the heart of the pack I noticed how people greeted Rowan and it caught my attention immediately because there was no fear in their eyes when they looked at him. They smiled openly and bowed their heads with respect but it did not look forced or rehearsed. A woman with flour on her hands waved at him and said “Alpha you are late again” and he laughed and apologized like he was just another person and n