Belonging Chapter 12
**Chapter 12** **Meelo** **Day 8** _ I followed my brother as he led me further away from camp._ _ "Come on, we're nearly there," Pytle said, without looking back at me._ _ I followed the young lion, fresh snowflakes nestled into the swirls of...
Belonging Chapter 11
**Chapter 11** **Meelo** **Day 6** _ Why did you bring me out here?_ A knock came at Seq's door. "Meelo?" a voice followed. I sat up in Seq's bed, just before glancing to the side to see Seq peacefully dreaming next to me. Another knock...
Belonging Chapter 10
**Chapter 10** **Meelo** **Day 5** Seq rolled off of me with his lungs pleasantly sighing and his mouth mischievously grinning. "Don't get the wrong idea when I say this, but _wow_!" I chuckled at his amazement and watched the fox's white chest...
Belonging Chapter 9
**Chapter 9** **Seq** **Day 5** Whoever said meeting your boyfriend's parents was awkward had obviously never been in that situation. I know that I had never planned or hoped to meet the woman that Meelo spoke so low of, but it was still...
Belonging Chapter 8
**Chapter 8** **Meelo** **Day 5** Seq and I held hands while we walked through the woods that night. He suggested it and I couldn't say no to him, since I still felt guilty about what happened earlier with Rye. Before we had left camp, I had...
Belonging Chapter 7
**Chapter 7** **Rye** **Day 5** Of course I knew they were together. What did they take me for, a fucking child? I left my hut to grab some of the food at the feast the other night and saw them sneak off together. Then again, Seq wouldn't know...
Belonging Chapter 6
**Chapter 6** **Meelo** **Day 5** "Thanks again, guys!" I yelled to Syta and Sebastian, as they walked away. After a muffled response from Sebastian that caused Syta to slap him on the arm, I turned and knocked on Rye's door with my rabbit pelt...
Belonging Chapter 5
**Chapter 5** **Meelo** **Day 5** Grix guided me through the Kyan camp. Walking behind the gray wolf made me feel like a pup that follows its mother everywhere. Luckily, Grix and I stopped at the fire and discovered that Isabel had joined...
Belonging Chapter 4
**Chapter 4** **Meelo** **Day 5** Even two days later, I kept replaying what happened that night in my mind. From the time I went to sleep to the time I woke up in the morning and during all of my dreams in between, my thoughts were of Seq. _Seq_....
Belonging Chapter 3
**Chapter 3** **Meelo** **Day 3** I observed the liveliness that had taken hold of the Kyan that evening. I was also greatly impressed by how the feast was ready to begin when Fare and I returned to camp. The scent of cooked meat watered mouths,...
Belonging Chapter 2
**Chapter 2** **Meelo** **Day 3** My eyes slowly flickered open and I expected to see blue sky, but instead was faced with a roof constructed of dark brown wood that hung overhead. I sat upright and gently rubbed my head. Drowsily, I looked down...
Belonging Chapter 1
Belonging _For Brennon,_ _who has always loved me, even when I was not worthy of his affection._ _I love you and feel blessed to call you my little brother._ "You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and...