“Sage? Are you awake?” Heather’s voice was tinged with worry and I felt like a terrible sister for pretending to be asleep. Since the Alpha’s announcement in the ballroom yesterday, I had been staying at the pack hospital until my wounds were fully healed. Heather and Luna Rosalee had both tried to visit me but each time they were here, I would pretend to be asleep, as if postponing any conversations could change my fate. A helpless sigh followed by the click of the door to my hospital room lifted the invisible boulder on my chest and I finally felt like I could breathe again. My mind was in a mess and I was at a complete loss on what to think or what to do. Never in my wildest imagination did I ever think it was possible for things to develop

