SADIE
Steam rises from the mug Jinsoo presses into my hands, bitter herbs that could wake the dead or kill the living—depending on dosage. The cottage reeks of conspiracy and damp wool, my human pack sprawled across furniture that remembers when this was all forest. Through cracked windows, rain pounds the world beyond our borders with surgical precision. My storm, following those who'd drag omegas back to cages they'd finally escaped.
"Let's review." Melanie counts disasters on her fingers like shopping lists. "Parents who aren't dead. Brothers you've never met. A Challenge that's become a territory grab. Alphas planning to carve up Portland like thanksgiving turkey. Just another Tuesday in the life of our favorite white wolf."
The tea burns going down, tastes like earth and bitter wi
