Paige's POV
It's lunchtime before I push myself off the bathroom floor. My face is still puffy from my pain. I was considering skipping lunch when I hear a knock at my door.
My father pops his head in. "Meeting in the dining hall."
"I'm not feeling well. Save me the cliff notes."
"It's mandatory," my father orders.
He never speaks to me that way. Something must really be going on. Announcing Tasha's murder wouldn't have him so angry. Curiosity pulls me out of my bed and out the door. Following my father to the dining hall, almost everyone has gathered, but I don't see Colin. My father pulls me to the front of the dining hall to join my mother, brother, and Claire. I smile at them. I knew they were mates. I'm glad that is working out for one of us. I swallow the hurt that p
