Fern
Maelis doesn't let me leave the hospital wing until she's satisfied I won't collapse in the hallway. She stands in the corner, watching me with hawk-like eyes as I drag my feet across the small room.
"See," I grunt in triumph. "I am fine."
She types something into her phone before looking up at me again. "Perhaps I should call the Alpha. He can steady you on your way back to your room."
"No!" I say almost too quickly. So quickly that Maelis raises an eyebrow in my direction. "I just... I don't want to bother him."
A knowing look crosses her face, but she doesn't argue. "One more hour and then I will let you go."
I flop back down on the bed after she disappears from the room. I would never admit it, but those few paces across the floor exhausted me, but I don't want
