Not every wolf is lucky enough to be born into a pack.

Some had the misfortune to be birthed by rogues.

Banished from the shifters society, Rogues are branded as criminals and treated as less than. Cut off from their packs, most barely last a few years before losing their minds as well.

Rogues-borns are different. Born to savage creatures with no humanity left in their cursed souls, they have no family to mourn, no sins to repent, nothing to lose.

Alpha's decreed all Rogue-borns to be killed on sight, for the protection of the packs.

But Rain isn’t a threat. She was just born unlucky.

Forced into the life of a scavenger on the streets, begging for food from human scraps and always searching for a place to call home.

Until one day, she wanders too far into the forest on the edge of the city.

There, she meets the Ashwood Pack and their Alpha, Orion.

Mate, he says.

But that’s impossible.

When It Rains is created by Rhys McGinnis, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

When it rains

“This is your fault!” The unknown man screamed, taking steps toward her. “You killed my sister!” 


As the man approached, the shock and adrenaline from the fight began to wear off, burning off like a dying flame. Pain replaced every gap. 


Exhaustion beat her form, unable to keep herself upright as the world spun around her. The red on her fur stood out startlingly against her white and grey colors. 


Rain looked up at the man, intending to do or say something. But she was still exhausted to speak, too confused to defend herself when she didn’t even know what she had done.


He shifted into a wolf and this time, there was nothing to stop him from ripping her throat out. 


She's tired. Tired of fighting, of starving, of begging. 


Rain shut her eyes, body limp as she prepared for her own death. 


He shouted the name with such force that the ground seemed to shake. 


Chapter 12: Reflection