Over the next week, coalition wolves began returning to their home territories. The massive army we had built started to disperse. Pack leaders said their goodbyes and promised to stay in touch.
Alpha Reed approached me before his pack departed. "I owe you an apology, Miss Hart. I doubted your leadership many times during this war. Questioned your decisions. But you were right. Your hero complex, as everyone called it, was exactly what we needed. You saved hundreds of lives by refusing to give up on anyone."
"Thank you. That means a lot coming from you."
"Where will you go now? Back to Westbrook City Hospital?"
I had not thought about it. My life at the hospital felt like it belonged to a different person. A naive intern who did not know about royal bloodlines or ancient conspiracies o
