Mira:
The cold wind bit at my skin as I stepped into the pack house, the weight of the conversation I overheard with Hattie and her mother still pressing on my chest. I hadn’t fully processed everything yet, but there were too many pieces to ignore. Too many things weren’t adding up.
I needed to report back to Stella, and I needed to do it quickly. Forest had his hands full, with his attention divided between protecting his pack and trying to make sense of the rogues’ increasing attacks. But the deeper I dug into this mess, the more I realized something important: the answers were closer than we thought.
When I got to Stella’s door, the lights were dim, casting shadows across the quiet room. I didn’t bother knocking. I had been working with Stella long enough to know that she didn’t l
