Rejected: The Alpha's Fatal Mistake
he added, "you work. Everybody here works. That's the whole membership requirement. Roof needs fixing, water needs hauling, and somebody's going to have to learn the snare lines better than Milo's learned them so far, no offense to Milo."
"None taken," Milo said, from the pot, without looking up, which surprised a small, unfamiliar huff of something close to a laugh out of Wren — the first one in four days.
Wren looked around the room — the boy at the pot, the old woman who still hadn't looked up, Sable already crouched by the fire warming her hands like she'd decided to stay before Wren had even finished deciding anything — and felt something settle in her chest that wasn't the ache from Bl