Neverwinter Forest black leaf

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She felt as though her heart had been ripped from her chest.
 
October had never lost someone she cared about before; she was at a loss for how to cope, how to accept that Scimitar was gone. Eshe, too, had fallen victim to the bear’s attacks, and although October had never knew her Alpha’s mate, she mourned for her nonetheless.
 
And then there was Cypress, the orphaned prince who’d been dealt too much strife in such little time. October’s grieved for him most of all. She would seek the dark-furred boy out in the near future, but for the time being she allowed him his space.
 
When the news of another male claiming Scimitar’s place reached her, October felt anger greater than she’d ever known before boiling within her. She was frustrated, confused, and hurt and this brute – whoever he was – was going to hear it from her.
 
The day was drawing to a close when October stood near the center of Neverwinter Forest and tossed her head back, her howl ringing loudly through the evergreens to summon the foreigner to her. As her call echoed through the pack lands, she stood bristling, her once-bright eyes hardened with turbulent emotion and ire.