#Chapter 139: First Meeting

Hannah Taking a deep breath, I dove beneath the surface of the water, the world above me growing muffled and distant. My hands reached out as I dove down, down, down… Finally, my fingers met the bottom of the little pond, stirring up tiny clouds of dust and silt that swirled around my fingers. Small, cool bubbles rose from a crack in the ground, fresh spring water bubbling from beneath the surface. Opening my eyes a bit wider, I took a few moments just to marvel at the underwater world. Fish darted past, their scales glinting in shafts of sunlight that broke through the rippling surface. A frog kicked lazily by, regarding me with bulbous eyes before disappearing into the murky water. It was so... peaceful. For a long moment, I finally forgot all about the pressures of pack life, about my parents’ expectations, about the looming responsibilities of being a future female Alpha. Here, I was just Hannah. Fifteen, awkward, and still finding herself. My s