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 awakes in her own tears. Her dream slips away from her like trying to bottle a cloud. There’s a fog where it should’ve been, gone once more. 


She knew it had been important, but she can’t remember anymore. 


But as she struggles to her knees, hands bound behind her back, something inside of her has eased. 


The broken bond her chest still ached. It would never heal entirely, always there as a reminder of what she went through. But it didn’t hurt so much anymore. In a way, it would always be a part of her now, as the scars on her body. 


Rain’s vision continued to blur despite her best efforts, the Wolfsbane more powerful than she had thought. 


Drugged, poisoned, and beaten, most would probably give up. 


Throw in their losses, she thinks she heard Accalia say once. 


But Rain was a special kind of stubborn. 


Given the chance, she’d crawl out of hell just to spite the reaper.


Chapter 44: Breakthrough