RAVENNA POV Today has been one hell of a day. It had begun with an emotional love confession—that I'm currently trying not to think about—to revealing plans to rule the wolf world, to judging, to another emotional series. Now, I was drained. Darius and I sat on the floor, our backs resting on his desk, my head on his shoulder and our fingers interlocked. He must also feel drained because he hadn't said anything for ten minutes, or was it an hour? Who knew? "Will you tell me about it?" I asked, not knowing what I wanted to hear. Everything. "Where would I start from?" he asked, more to himself than to me. But I answered regardless. "Anywhere." He didn't say anything for a while. "My mother was a lovely woman," he began, his voice calm. "She always had a smile on her face, alwa

