Mira I went back to doing what I did best, reading medical textbooks. There was an eerie calmness around the Pack these days, with so much dramatic turnover within the Alpha family. I took advantage of my status and avoided the hospital and the awkwardness among the staff. Some were still feeling the loss of Lila, others had known Irene and Tessa for a long time and felt personally betrayed by them. And still some looked at me like I was the root cause of all the troubles the Pack had gone through. I couldn’t blame those whose feelings for me were complicated, but I could certainly avoid them. I was holed up in the library enjoying a cup of dandelion tea. In my research I had come across accounts of waking dormant wolves, but most of them sounded more like exorcising the devil ou

