SONG OF THE CHAPTER: “The Kill” by Thirty Seconds to Mars

IVARA'S POV:

They’re talking about me.

I can feel it in the way the camp buzzes when I walk through, whispers curling behind me like cigarette smoke. Words dart from mouth to mouth; traitor, wolf-slut, curse. I keep my chin up, my boots crunching against the gravel, pretending their stares don’t burn like hot knives down my back.

But I know that they know.

Somebody saw me riding last night. Somebody saw him chasing me ...