It's not particularly windy, I realised leaving the packhouse behind and slipped in the dense forest. Something was buzzing and whirring in my ears, a ball of lump in my throat. My hand wrapped around my belly on instinct, a thick shawl draped over me. 

The encounter with Jade and the way Aiden reacted still burned in my memory, an persistent ache in my chest. He did not even think twice before asking the witch to get rid of our pup, something that made me feel unsettled. In this ...