Eira's POV
I was happy about this vacation. It was the first of its kind in my life.
In the past, my days with those so called grandparents, all I had ever done was remain obedient within those suffocating walls, as instructed by those old hags, living under their rigid rules and constant scrutiny. Freedom had never truly belonged to me.
The first faint taste of it had come when we arrived at the StormHowl Pack six years back. Those six months I spent with Alice.
I had been surprised then that they allowed me to visit Alice's home, to spend time with her and her family without interference.
At the time, I had believed it was because they considered me grown enough to take care of myself.
But now, I understood the truth.
They had done it deliberately. It had been part of their devious scheme of destroy my life, this pack and everyone dear to me. They had let me taste freedom just enough that I forgot caution. I had not doubted them. I had not suspected a thing.
