Tali's POV
I’ve spent the last two hours on my hands and knees scrubbing the staircase from the top to the bottom. With my nausea returning, lack of sleep, and having to do it missing the tip of one finger, it hasn’t been easy, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Which is when I hear footsteps approaching from the den behind me. “Alpha says you need to do a better job than that.”
I take a second to prepare myself for the looming confrontation. It comes as no surprise who it is, since it was only a matter of time before the rest of the pack came looking for their whipping girl.
“Which part?” I ask since I’ve been careful to scrub every step, and the wood is gleaming from how clean it is.
Loren, a particularly spiteful pack member, has always hated me because she has a th
