Rowan:
After dropping Eva off at the Council headquarters, I didn't linger. I didn't want her to feel watched, even if part of me wanted to stay and make sure she was okay the entire day.
She said she would be fine. So I let her go.
But I had somewhere else I needed to be.
I pulled my hoodie up, mounted my bike, and took the familiar turn out of the wilderness. Familiar villages passed by as I made my way through the route that was nearly etched into my bones now - each tree, curve, and signpost burning into my memory.
Greenville City.
It was one of the few cities within shifter territory borders. Nestled just beyond the mountain bend and surrounded by long stretches of pines. Shifters didn't love the buzz of human cities. Concrete jungles didn't call to our blood the way nature did.
Greenville, though, was different.
