Their relationship had a new light to it now. Trent brought her in on his work and wanted her opinion. She was able to oversee the hospital construction. She took a lot of what their doctors had said into consideration and made some changes to Trent's initial contracts. The biggest change was Trent was home every night in time for a late dinner now. Astrid's chest pain was completely gone. “With the border very well secured and new warriors trained to join the numbers of defense fighters I think I can rest a little easier now,” he explained over dinner. “I'm glad. You've been Alpha for almost a year and you've barely had a chance to breathe.” “I wasn't expecting to be Alpha yet, but I did expect it to go like this during harder seasons. There were months at a time I didn't see my da

