Lucien’s POV
I located the elderly healer in her private room just before dawn, before the rest of the pack had roused itself. She raised her head from the making up of drugs to regard me with a somewhat startled air at this unexpected appearance.
"Alpha," she acknowledged me with a respectful nod. "I wasn't expecting you. Is Luna having further complications?
“That’s what I wanted to talk to you about,” I said, closing the door behind me for privacy. "Privately, and with complete honesty."
Something in my voice caused her to stop grinding with the mortar and pestle, and look at me. "Of course. What concerns you?"
"Lena's condition." I balanced on my toes and got in a little closer, speaking at a whisper. "Selena's wishes for her mind-body wellness are... extreme. Absolute isolation,
