Josiah I was standing at the bottom of a mountain, and this avalanche of s**t just kept coming down on me. I’d barely get my head up for a gulp of air, and then the next wave would come. I felt utterly and completely defeated as I looked down at Avalon Starr, so weak and vulnerable. I could smell the fever wafting off her, and for a moment I wished I could take all of her suffering and transfer it to my own body. However, being near her made my wolf restless and anxious, and her touch left me feeling so confused. How could something feel so right, and so wrong, all at the same time? Whatever I was feeling, I had better squash it in a hurry, because it was highly unlikely she would survive the next three days. It was such a shame, after everything she had already been through, a

