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

Just as she promised, Liana taught her to read. Rain was nervous entering Liana’s room, Accalia showing her the way but turns out there was no need to be. 


Liana showed her the alphabet. As Liana had her write the symbols out over and over, Liana told her stories about her children.


How Accalia cried when she learned they hunted rabbits in the forest for food. How the first time Orion brought one back, She’d cried so hard she got herself sick for three days. Orion never brought a dead rabbit back again. 


Or How Orion used to hate baths with a passion. Liana used to chase him around the house, trying to catch his naked form to get him in the tub. He used to pretend to be sick to get out of having a bath. 


And when Accalia had been born, Liana told her how Orion had been so excited he’d been the first person to hold her after Liana herself. How Orion promised he’d protect Accalia no matter what. 


Though the stories were kind, were loving, there was a melancholy between them. 


Chapter 25: Emergency Council