Fern
I wake to shouting.
Not the sharp, distant kind that fades into background noise, but real anger, raw and uncontrolled, bleeding straight through the walls of the hospital room.
"You had one job, Mara!"
Alpha Gaven's voice crashes through the door like thunder, shaking something loose in my chest.
"I didn't let her out," Mara snaps back. "She locked me in the bathroom. What was I supposed to do, break the door down? The girl is resourceful. She knew you were trying to hide something from her. She might be frail, but she is not stupid, Gaven. "
"That doesn't matter," Gaven roars. "She was hurt. She was..."
I don't hear the rest.
My heart is already racing as I push myself upright, pain flaring immediately. My shoulder screams in protest, locked in its sling, a
