The Threat of Exile

Valerica's POV

I closed the heavy oak door of my cottage, letting the latch click into place, sealing myself off from the suffocating atmosphere of the main pack house. After relinquishing all pack management duties and reclaiming my liquid funds from Nadia, I retreated into deep seclusion. I handed the estate keys over and stopped walking the grounds. From that moment forward, I interacted solel