Aurora approached me as I was gathering my notes. "I would like to speak with you privately, if you have time."
"Of course. We can go to my office."
Once we were alone, Aurora's friendly expression turned serious. "I need to tell you something that I could not say in front of the others. My pack has been watching you for months, Mary Hart. Since you first awakened your wolf. We knew who you were before you did."
"What do you mean?"
"Your mother and my grandmother were friends. Close friends. When The Covenant came for your mother, my grandmother tried to help her escape. She failed. They both failed. And my grandmother spent her last years mourning that failure." Aurora sat down heavily. "She made me promise something before she died. She made me promise that if another Healer Alpha em
