At the mention of Ellie, my body went rigid. "Olivia, don't start acting crazy again," Alpha Sean warned. I knew exactly what he meant. He was telling me not to bring up Ellie's death, not when he'd just casually dropped her name into the conversation. My eyes darkened with a mix of anger and pain. As if I would ever mention it in front of him. But my real worry wasn't about him; it was about Grandma. Eleanor had adored Ellie before she'd fallen into a coma. Now that she was awake, I couldn't help but wonder—could she handle the truth about what had happened to Ellie? I couldn't risk shattering her heart, not when she'd just recovered. I opened my mouth, trying to come up with something to say, when a familiar, weathered voice echoed from the staircase. "What're you two talking

