It had been three days since I was discharged from Alex’s clinic.
Three days of silence.
Three days of absence.
And strangely… three days of something missing.
Donnie was nowhere to be seen.
Alpha Dwight… gone.
Just like that.
No arguments.
No teasing.
No suffocating presence trailing behind me like a shadow I couldn’t escape.
They were giving me space.
Just like Alex told them to.
And yet—
I wasn’t alone.
I could feel it.
Even without turning around, even without looking—my senses picked them up. Hidden movements. Soft footsteps. Controlled breathing.
Wolves.
Always there.
Always watching.
Guarding me from the shadows like I was something fragile… or something important.
I sighed quietly as I walked down the corridor, adjusting my bag on my shoulder.
“They really took
