Chapter 3

Catherine's POV "Father... Alpha Wyatt..." I looked at his strange expression and suddenly had a bad feeling. "Catherine, you're banished now." Troy said seriously, "You no longer belong to the Black Moon Pack." "I am banished?" For a moment, I was lost for words. After learning that I would never have a mate in my life, I received another piece of bad news. I was banished by my father, by the Alpha of my pack. This meant that I couldn't live in the Black Moon Pack anymore. Without the protection of the werewolves, I would become a rogue. After a while, Beta returned and left my luggage at my feet. "I don't think you realize your current identity." Beta disdainfully looked at me lying on the ground and said, "From now on, you're not the princess but a rogue." Afterward, Eden left me there and went away with the guards. I lay on the ground covered with fallen leaves and cried for a long time, with sorrow going deep into my heart. They've all gone back, leaving me stranded beyond the border line. I've officially become a homeless Rogue. Since Elena became the new Luna, she had always abused me when my father was away, and my father never believed me. From then on, I was like a stranger at home. I tried my best to keep a low profile and live cautiously. What I wanted was just to find my mate and then leave home. However, my hopes were dashed now. I wondered, "What should I do...?" Perhaps because I was too tired from crying, I felt that my consciousness was occupied by someone else again, just as last night. Vaguely, I seemed to hear a voice, which was faint as if it was wrapped in plastic cloth. I sat up in horror and looked around, but I found nothing except for the rustling of the leaves. Suddenly, the voice seemed to pierce through the plastic cloth. In the next second, a low and gentle female voice sounded in my mind. "Hello, Catherine! I am your wolf." "Hello, Catherine! I am your wolf." The greeting was echoing in my mind, but I couldn't get it at first. When I realized that I had heard the voice for real, I subconsciously blurted out, "W-What?" "Hi! Are you there?" I tried to call to my wolf in my mind. "Yes, always. You can call me Eva." She replied. I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard her voice. "Great, Eva. Although I don't know why you came so late... I mean, I thought I would never be able to shift in my entire life. Anyway, I am not that afraid now." "I didn't mean to be late." Eva's voice was a little low. "It's because I have been trapped in another place before." "Where are you trapped?" I was puzzled. "You will know later." Obviously, Eva didn't want to talk more about it. Eva paused and continued, "You'd better go back to get your luggage as soon as possible and find a place to stay before dark. I can sense that there is more than one rogue in this forest." "Don't worry. We're one of them now." I wanted to shrug, but I could only shake my fur as I was a wolf now. "Believe me, you are no match for them," Eva said slowly, "Because you are pregnant." W...What?