The final hours of the gathering passed in a steady calm, as though the chaos of earlier days had finally settled into something almost peaceful. With the alliance between the packs secured and the cooperation of the Alphas confirmed, Dwight and I could finally breathe easier. The looming threat of Alexei still existed, but for the first time in a long while, it felt like we were no longer standing alone against it.
Perhaps, with the combined strength of all these packs, we would finally be able to track him down. Capture him. End it.
And if that day came… then maybe, just maybe, I would finally be free of this constant fear. Free enough to face the other truth I had been avoiding for so long—Diane.
How would I even begin to tell Dwight about her?
“This concludes this year’s gathering,
