Luciana I slowly opened my eyes to the morning rays of the sun, the rustle of dried leaves echoing in my ears as I struggled my way up. “How long have I been out?” I wondered. “That would be eight hours and fifty seconds,” Talia’s voice echoed in my head. “Ouch?!” I growled in pain at the intensity of her voice. “Talia?” I called in excitement. “You’re back!!” I added with a smile. “Well, I've got to say, I needed that moon energy, Ximena; it's been a long time since I felt that,” she replied, making my mind dart back to the event that landed me in the woods. “Yeah, right, but the bad news is my cover has been blown and now we're homeless. You sure know that we aren't safe out here in the woods without a pack,” I retorted. “I know, Ximena, but before we worry about that, how ab

