"I know Edith said you would be staying at the clinic... but I think it best we keep you with one of us at all times," Lottie said as she arranged a bed for her.
Lo glanced behind her at Dena. The female hadn't spoken much. From what Lo could remember of the introductions, she had one male pup with her mate Gus. She couldn't remember the pup's name, but he was small. Barely a toddler.
She glanced briefly at the window. They weren't far from the clinic.
Lo suddenly wanted to go back there... Here, she felt awkward, like she was imposing.
"Enough with that face. I want you here." Lottie scolded warmly. Lo immediately looked down. How could they always read her so easily?
Was she so obvious?
She had always thought she was good at hiding her emotions.
"Drink," Dena said as she handed her a cup. Lo looked up at her with a frown. She was much taller than her.
Lo studied Dena's face before she looked at the cup skeptically. Distrust was ingrained in her, she couldn't help it.
"It's water," Dena said with a level tone, despite her eyes looking a little annoyed. Lo hesitantly took it and sipped it just to appease her. But it did seem to help her stomach. So she drank more.
"Lay down," Lottie said as she patted the made bed. Lo glanced at it with a frown.
"Or how about a bath?" Lottie asked. Lo suddenly felt strange.
She didn't like the way they were assuming what she needed. She wanted to say she wasn't a child.
But she kept quiet.
Dena said something to Lottie in that language she didn't understand. It just made her feel even more uncomfortable.
She knew they were talking about her.
"I'll give you a moment... let me know if you need anything," Lottie said as she left the room. Dena followed her out and closed the door.
Lo stared at the door for a moment, before she glanced around the room. It just had a bed, a dresser and a small table and chair beside the large window. Through the trees, Lo could just barely see the moonlight reflecting off the lake in the distance.
Lo looked to the bed. It would be the fourth one she slept in-in less than a week.
Were they just going to keep tossing her around?
The instability was making her feel even worse... her wolf was still restless being packless, and she missed her home... She missed her own bed, the one she shared with her mother.
Lo took a slow breath as the grief hit her unexpectedly again. That deep sadness in her chest that felt like a spike through her heart.
Lo moved over to sit at the edge of the bed as she felt the warmth of tears start to spill down her cheeks again. She gasped and tried to gain control of her emotions, but she couldn't stop.
The tears just kept coming.
She clutched her chest and brought her knees up to bury her face against them and forced herself not to make a sound as she cried. She didn't want them hearing.
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"Dammit," Hutch growled. Noah glanced back at one of the Lykaia enforcers.
"We need to send a messenger now... stall all the others who planned to make the move, and have them send any enforcers they can spare," Noah said firmly. Tristan glanced to the window of the small hut they were speaking in. It was closest to the gathering, and was currently unoccupied.
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Winter Wolf
Werewolf"Why are you so cold to me?" Lo asked. She didn't understand it. This should be a blessing to them both. Tristan stopped at the threshold of the door. She could see his muscular form tense, his large hands clenched at his sides. A thick silence fol...
