Belonging Chapter 24
**Chapter 24** **Meelo** **Day 28** A hurried knock came at my door. I was about to tell whoever it was to go away, since I just got off my first guard duty and was still tired from having to wake up so early that morning, but a voice came...
Belonging Chapter 23
**Chapter 23** **Seq** **Day 28** Rye followed me as we made our way into the woods that morning. I didn't know why he volunteered to come with me. I reminded myself that it was always nice to have someone for backup, though, even if it was...
Belonging Chapter 22
**Chapter 22** **Seq** **Day 27** Meelo walked into his hut and slammed the door behind him. He stood there silently for a moment and sighed, probably happy to be done with his last guard duty for the day. I was lying on my side, naked, with one...
Belonging Chapter 21
**Chapter 21** **Meelo** **Day 26** "Dooka was watching the border," I realized aloud, recalling the lion standing at the border when Rye and I had gone on our patrol together, the morning after Aether's vigil. Isabel's ears twitched as she...
Belonging Chapter 20
**Chapter 20** **Meelo** **Day 25** I sat around the crackling fire with Vern and Teo, as the sun climbed to the highest peak in the sky. While I wasn't hungry, I watched and conversed with my tribesmen, who were each cooking their own prey....
Belonging Chapter 19
**Chapter 19** **Meelo** **Day 13** "What a dick," I said, flicking my ears as I turned my head back to face Grix. "No, he's not," Grix said, as he continued to cook his meal. I stretched out my legs and grunted as my muscles began to loosen....
Belonging Chapter 18
**Chapter 18** **Rye** **Day 13** Why did I fucking cry in front of Meelo? How pathetic. Who cries in front of their ex's new fuck-buddy? I was regretting even asking the stupid snow leopard on a patrol. I had planned to screw with his head the...
Belonging Chapter 17
**Chapter 17** **Meelo** **Day 13** From where I sat in front of Seq's hut, I could see Seq enter camp. Seq was still depressed since the day before. While I never knew how it felt to have loving parents, I pitied Seq. Aether had shown me...
Belonging Chapter 16
**Chapter 16** **Grix** **Day 12** "What do you think?" I asked. Sera, River and I stood in front of my hut, far enough away to give Seq some privacy. I knew I'd like some solitude if my father was found butchered in the middle of camp. It must...
Belonging Chapter 15
**Chapter 15** **Seq** **Day 12** The shrill sound of screams awoke me. My eyes snapped open and I sat up in bed to see Meelo, already scrambling to pull on his clothes. I wasn't even sure if he knew that I was awake until I spoke. "What's...
Belonging Chapter 14
**Chapter 14** **Rye** **Day 8** A knock came from my door, waking me from my nap. _Taiya, who the fuck is it?_ I sniffed and rolled onto my side to face the door. There wasn't a single fucking chance of me getting my sick ass out of bed just to...
Belonging Chapter 13
**Chapter 13** **Meelo** **Day 8** Grix sat on top of his bed and stared at the floor of his hut, contemplating what I had told him. I awkwardly stood there in front of the wolf and was bothered by the long-lasting silence. I knew that it was a...