*Asteria POV*
2 WEEKS LATER
Maddix was right, things did start to feel better and get better once Simon's mark had faded away. The nightmares stopped, and I barely thought of him anymore.
Adelina had approached me about being her Beta at Northern Sun. I had to decline. I wasn't sure when I would be able to return there, and I knew I wouldn't be able to live there again. She was disappointed, but she also understood. She didn't want me to do anything that would make me unhappy. She at least got Ginger to be her Gamma, only after Elder Declan of the council approved it.
Addie, herself, knew that she couldn't return to the pack house the way it was, so she had decided to have some remodeling done. The bedroom her and Miles shared was now a meeting room, and she converted the top floor i
