Chapter 11

Weeks pass, and I am keeping my head down. Clara does come back now and then, but she doesn’t talk to me or Kaylum. She always leaves again the next morning. I’ve also been keeping a closer eye on Alpha like Carlos said, and I have noticed something. He is definitely singling me out.

Allow me to explain how I know this.

Once a year, the pack holds a kind of physical test to determine if certain young members will officially become either security or hunters. I’ve been an apprentice hunter for a year and security for three. This does not reflect on my performance, however, as I consider myself a better hunter. Yet, when we received our results from the test, I was the only one to move up to official hunter and official security.

That’s right. I made both teams.

And I still don’t have my mark.

I am not lucky.