She gasped. “You’re joking!”
“Nope,” I shook my head, letting out a chuckle. “One flew right past my ear and the other nearly took off my nose.”
She looked shocked, then let out a small laugh. “Are you okay?”
I nodded. “I’m fine, Dawn. Just a close call.”
I proceeded to tell her about the rest of my day—how I went into the woods with Kaia, how we found Mia, who had been missing, and the state she was in when she appeared. I left out the part about visiting the old library and the elder’s place for now.
“We carried her to the hospital,” I said. “Then the alpha stormed in all angry and breathing fire for reasons I’m still trying to understand."
She leaned closer. “Alpha Gareth?”
I nodded. “Yeah. According to him, my presence in this pack is what’s attracting trouble, and that’s how th
