(Ivy POV)
Wrapped in Mary’s cardigan, I stumbled alongside her towards the west perimeter. The sun had set a few hours ago, and the night was dark and moonless.
Though Silver Falls was to the East, Mary suggested I go West and take a long loop around to throw off the trail when Dax and his minions come looking for me.
She had helped me wipe my exposed skin and hair down with mud to help mask my scent from anyone who may be close enough to catch it. Thank the goddess it had been a rainy week.
We came up short behind the laundry facilities when we caught the sound of low voices. Surreptitiously, we peered around the back wall. There were two women, omegas, holding laundry baskets and talking away quietly.
“Do you think he’ll mate her?” one asked the other. “I don’t know, I haven’t see
