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

Orion took only a few warriors and left that very day. Only a single kiss on her forehead was his goodbye.


She’s not bitter about that. She’s not.


Until night came. She hadn’t realized how accustomed to his warmth she had. It was too cold, wrapped up in the blankets alone in the bed. She laid in bed at night, a hand to her heart, wondering if he felt the same way. 


In the morning, Rain learned that the duties of the Alpha were taken over by the Luna in his absence. Vikas volunteered to do the paperwork for her, only needing her signature every once in and while. 


The financials for building costs, electricity, and other bills had to be dealt with daily. Even the costs of food, though they did hunt most meat and grow most vegetables. Even simple costs such as the distribution of water were left to the Alpha. 


Chapter 26: Responsibilities