Aeliana
I was released from the infirmary soon after the cuffs were removed with orders to rest. I took the opportunity and asked for a little time to myself, and shut myself in the Luna suite as soon as I got back to the packhouse.
It was clear that I needed to make a decision soon. I was causing undue stress to Derek, and the cracks were beginning to show. And, with the larger invasion on the southern border and my kidnapping, the enemy werewolves were obviously ramping things up. Staying here in limbo was getting to be downright dangerous. But the more I thought about it, the more confused I got, and the more torn I felt between two halves of my heart.
I sat at my desk in the Luna suite and finished a letter to my mother. I knew there was no way to keep my being taken hostage from my
