*Saoirse*
My hand hesitated over the knob for the front door of the pack house. I had been standing like that for at least ten minutes, but I hadn't made any progress one way or another.
Thoughts were at war with themselves in my mind, and it was all my mother's fault. Well, it was hers and those elders.
I couldn’t help but curse in my mind.
My favorite curse was on repeat in my head, but it didn't help in getting rid of my anger or helping me make a decision. It didn't even make me feel better as it usually did because I had messed up this time.
Whatever happened now was my fault, one way or the other. That was why I was standing there trapped in limbo.
I had raced from the elders' house, convinced that we needed to get back as soon as possible to alert the search party about the information I discovered. If they did something to the nest or the babies, it could have irreversible effects. They would be dooming us all.
