How does one handle a temperamental wolf? Take Aries, for example. When he’s not basking in the attention people give me because of him, he’s angry. Not just any kind of anger—an ancient, bone-deep rage that rattles through my very core, burning hot and violent. And when he’s not angry, he’s sad. Depressed, even. Almost suicidal. And now, suddenly, I have to deal with that. I stare out of Caspian’s window, my head resting against the soft pillows. The sky is a dull shade of blue, the kind that promises a slow morning. I want to move, to get up, but there’s a pull in my bones, a heavy weight pressing me down. Aries. He’s feeling lazy. I groan and try to push past it, but it’s like trying to wade through knee-deep water. "Aries, I have to go see Cassidy." "You don’t have to see a

