Chapter 49: Safe

Maya I gaped at him, my mind grappling with the sudden twist of events. The boundary between reality and the vivid nightmares that had plagued my thoughts blurred. I had teetered on the edge of believing that this might be the final chapter of my life, yet here they were, accepting me without hesitation. "Are you... Are you serious?" My words tumbled out, my voice trembling with disbelief. The shock painted vividly across my face as I struggled to process the situation. So they won't kill me, will they?  Welcome to the Moonstone Pack—that already said it, didn’t it? Wasn’t it already enough for me to know that I was not going to be killed? Fuck it. All of it all. I couldn't fathom anything. I wasn't in a place to entertain the idea that my misery could evaporate so effortlessly when I'd been entrenched in it for what felt like an eternity. Each day was a battle, a relentless struggle that seemed to fucking sap the life out of me, leaving me to feel as though I was literally dying with