Chapter 4

My name is Selena.

My mother was the Moon Priestess of our pack.

Her bloodline was pure.

Pure enough to calm even the most violent wolf spirits.

My father was the strongest Alpha our pack had ever known. Never lost a fight.

And then there was me.

Born with unstable wolf blood.

Every time I tried to shift, I failed.

Sometimes, it almost killed me.

My mother loved me more than anything.

She said I didn’t have to become some great warrior.

A quiet life, far away from war, could be a good life.

My father agreed.

“Selena, remember this. Stay alive. That matters more than anything.”

So he taught me Shadow Step.

The footwork that made him famous.

He wanted me to have at least one way to protect myself.

They did not need me to become strong.

They just wanted me to survive.

As the leaders of our pack, protecting our people was their duty.

They spent most of their lives at the borders.

Fighting vampires, and dark creatures that tried to cross into our land.

My mother vanished on a mission.

Her fate unknown.

And now, my father had died in a fight too.

After his death, the pack treated me kindly.

I knew they were doing it for my parents.

It was the same in my last life.