HAILEY
The air was still heavy with the suffocating tension of Azure's abrupt presence. After we hurriedly packed up the picnic and hustled everyone back to the packhouse, the children were situated in their dormitories. The uneasiness, however, stuck to me like a second skin. I was pacing Alpha's office with a lot of thoughts and anxieties running through my head. Ryan's sharp eyes followed me as he leaned on the desk with his arms folded. His voice did seem to steady me. "Hailey," he stated firmly. "You need to sit down and breathe." "I can't; he approached our kids.....
Do you know what this means? He came at our kids without anyone being able to stop him; what can't he do at this point? ....."Breathe, Hailey." Ryan pulls me to him and continuously soothingly rubs my back to calm me."
