Chapter 21 Once A Year

• Morgan
• "My parents have known my entire life what would happen if anyone found out I was born. They kept other Packs away from our territory because of it. They wanted to celebrate my seventeenth birthday in a special way, and the preparation for it caused me to leave home. It was never their intention to ignore me, but trying to keep everything a secret made that happen nonetheless, and not being able to find me hurt my family.
• Dad explained they couldn't report me missing because they didn't want the report to end up on the wrong desk. I spent many hours talking to my parents and my Brothers. They understand how it made me feel, and they apologized for it at least ten times a day. I eventually had to tell them to stop apologizing, or I would wait another year to visit again." I say, and I hear the others chuckle as I look at my hand on Jaylen's arm.