In fear of a punishment

After more than twenty-four hours locked in her room, Lucretia finally got permission to go out. She still had restrictions, like staying inside the inner circle, but it was better than a room four times six. That was suffocating!

Her friends would most likely be in the central bar, and she could have a coffee there before returning home in time for the curfew. She had promised her brother she would behave before he allowed her to leave.

Just a couple of hours of chatting, and she would be back home. She couldn't survive alone, after all. Wolves were social animals.

When she reached the bar, she noticed how only a few of her friends were there. Three or four of the girls she knew better and just a couple of guys... Where was everyone?

«The curfew is close, so they went home,» Anna replied before she could even ask a question. «They are worried the Alpha gets mad if they're a minute late.»