Natalia
It's been four days since Alden's arrival at the pack, and he's been healing quite nicely, his broken bones and ribs almost fully mended. He should be up and about by the end of the week.
As I open the door to his hospital room, what I see makes me raise my brows. My heart flops in my chest, and my throat closes up to the point that it's hard to breathe.
Since the last time at the hospital, when I had overheard Cardan's conversation with his dad, getting a glimpse into his thoughts, I've not seen him, not that I am bothered by that, but it's as though he's been going out of his way to avoid me. Yet here he is, in the room with Alden, his back ramrod straight, his face frozen into an expression of bored disinterest.
He senses my presence immediately I enter the room, and the on
