Chapter .10.

Give me wings,

burn them onto my skin

Ink them on my arms

Let them shelter me from harm.

Give me wings so that I may try.

Give me wings so that I may cry.

Give me wings.

Let me fly.

-Far from the Maddening Crowd

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Staying in this body for so long, is strange.

I don't know how the male does it.

I don't even know how long he has been acting this false part- pretending to be something he is not- and hiding within this pack.

I don't even know his name.

But then again, he doesn't know mine.

It doesn't seem real that he is my mate.

I feel nothing of what Aunt Quinn, Katie or mom described to me.

No fire, no heat, no spark of life or sudden revelation of knowledge.

I felt nothing.

In truth, I had expected this.

Because I had beaten my emotions down so much, for so long, I didn't think they would rise just by staring into another's eyes.