Love Lost to the Passing Wind
"You know that's not what I meant," Alpha Ethan said.
"But that's exactly how I understand it," I retorted.
Looking at the he-wolf before me, I felt only an unbearable sense of unfamiliarity.
I turned away and left without looking back.
The wind along the way was biting. Shivering with cold, I walked until I reached the river at the border, a place where no one knew me. Only then did I dare to gasp heavily for air and brace myself against a tree trunk as I sank into a crouch.