Hattie:
The moment Forest and I stepped into my room at the top of the pack house, I felt like I could finally breathe again. The last few days had been a blur of fear, anxiety, and heartbreak. Seeing him lying in that hospital bed, hooked up to machines, his usually strong and unyielding body weakened, had nearly broken me. But now, here he was, standing beside me, alive, whole. I still couldn’t believe it.
I closed the door softly behind us, sealing us in our own little world. The room was just as I had left it, though it somehow felt different now. The moonlight streamed through the large windows, casting a silver glow across the space, illuminating the bed that had felt so empty without him.
Forest let out a soft sigh as he sat down on the edge of the mattress, running a hand throug
