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

A maniacal laugh echoed across the field. Keanu stood behind her, his figure revealed as Rain fell. A shiny weapon clutched in his hand, covered now with that familiar red.


Orion roared, fiercer than she’d ever heard him. 


He dove over her body and onto Keanu. Rain heard his distant screams, the crunch of his bones and legs as he gurgled on his own blood. Then his scream cut off, and everything fell silent. 


Rain collapsed to her elbows, gasping as she lost all feeling in her legs. She fell to her side, her legs no longer able to hold her up. 


The shock didn’t register the pain as she repeated in her head ‘I’ve been stabbed, I’ve been stabbed, I’ve been stabbed. 


Nothing was working anymore. She didn’t understand. 


A stab wound wouldn’t kill a normal wolf. 


She doubted the knife he prepared was normal anyway. Knowing him, it was made of silver. Silver prevented healing. 


Chapter 49: Silence is Loud