✦Dolly✦
No one left the packhouse after that. Not me. Not Riven. Not anyone important enough to argue. Grayson turned his office into a war room within minutes. Maps covered the desk. Blaise and Ronnie marked ward lines in chalk, salt, and red magic. Zack stood near the door, listening through the pack link while guards moved through Skaydal. Sierna kept Aria close, but not away from the conversation.
Luna-in-training.
She had to learn what danger looked like when it wore more than one face. My father stood behind me. Not touching. But never too far. My mother sat beside me, her hand resting near mine on the arm of the couch. She didn’t take it. She just left hers there.
Waiting.
I hated how much that made my chest ache. Elias paced behind us until Grayson told him to stop moving or l
