(Zoe POV)

'So we're really doing this,' I think as I sit on the edge of my bed. 'After the memorial, we leave. Forever.'

'Yes,' Iris confirms. Her voice is steady. Certain. 'We'll go to the border. Say the words to reject the pack. Then we're free.'

'And then we go to Ruby Creek?'

'If Alpha Grant will accept us formally, yes.' Iris pauses. 'We've been living there for four years already. Training with their warriors. Studying at their university. I think he'll approve ...