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

Rain ran her hands through her hair in frustration. She’d paced the new room, one with no windows and only a single metal door. 


Orion leaned on the wall, frowning as he watched her pace back and forth. 


“You saw me! I didn’t even touch him! How can you accuse me of poisoning a child?” Rain shouted, throwing her hands in the air. 


“I’m not accusing you,” Orion said, perfectly calm. That mask of his was back on full force. She itched to carve it off. “But there are a few peculiarities. Ronan was fine until your visit.” 


“Your visit!” Rain pointed out, shoving her pointer finger under his chin furiously, “Vikas suggested I go! Why aren’t you questioning him?”


“Vikas is my beta. He would never hurt anyone in this pack.”


The two fell into silence. Pain shone in his eyes, but he didn't answer. 


Rain flinched back as he had struck her. “You really think I did this? That I would hurt an innocent child?” 


Chapter 16: Blame