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

The first time she’d seen a rogue mother, she’d only been a few months old.


A mother, one who’d only freshly given birth by the tiny cries of her pups on the ground. This mother had been a rogue for several years, judging by her matted coat and starving form. She’d also lost her mind for the first thing the mother did for her fuzzy pups was devour them. 


On cold nights, she used to wonder if that's what happened to her own siblings. And out of them, why was Rain spared? 


One-Eye once told her it was her mother’s mercy. The only kindness she could grant Rain. 


Now, standing in front of a real mother, fierce in the defense of her children, Rain knows it wasn't true. 


A small part of her wanted to lash out in offense. The rest of her, though, couldn’t stand looking into her eyes. There was too much love and compassion, a willingness to do anything for her children. 


In front of eyes like that, Rain could only say nothing. 


Chapter 15: Duty of a Luna