Porcupine Ridge All children, except one, grow up.

She hadn’t stayed for long after the fire, but she wasn’t surprised to hear that her birth pack had disbanded. Even though there was no surprise to be had, the young girl was still saddened by the news, her ears fell back and her head dropped slightly. She refused to raise it even as Aditya continued to speak, trying to convincer her of her mother’s love.

“No one knows where she is, I haven’t even found anyone else who knew her. Let alone someone who could tell me where she went.” Despite trying to put on a brave face, at some point every girl needed her mother, and sometimes the ache of her losing bother her parents throbbed so furiously that Padma was lost. “If she loved me wouldn’t she had even tried to find me? Or at least leave some sign that I could find her with?” Padma looked up at Aditya with a tear hovering in her amber gaze. All she wanted was answers, and she practically begged the man to give her something.

“I didn’t know that running away would be so lonely.” The girl murmured once again diverting her gaze.