The Broken Alpha
Now, withdrawn and quiet, Lily was always on time.
The tug in her chest intensified, as though a rope had wound around her ribcage and was yanking her down towards the uppermost corner of the training fields, and then abruptly off to the side, towards the looming pack house and the pretty gardens that bordered it.
She swallowed hard as she neared the house. It was huge and extravagant, with elaborate verandas and balconies twining around its exterior. Stone gargoyles sneered down at her, though someone with a sense of humour – likely Nearyn, the Mother Luna – had topped the gargoyles with little floral hats. Lily smiled at that, fighting against the rising nausea of the tug deep in her chest