"Thank you for telling us this, Rory," Dwayne said. "I know it wasn't easy to go against your alpha."
Rory looked up, surprise in his eyes. "You're... you're not going to hurt me?"
Dwayne shook his head. "That's not how we do things here. You'll be our guest for now, until we figure out what to do next."
As two of Dwayne's wolves led Rory away to a secure part of the cave, I turned to Dwayne. "What are we going to do?" I asked, my voice low.
Dwayne's face was grim. "We need to prepare. If Donk's getting close, we might have to fight."
I nodded, my mind already racing with plans and strategies. But then I remembered Stella, and my heart sank.
"Stella," I said, turning back to where Mara was still tending to her. "How is she?"
Mara looked up at us, her eyes filled with a sadness that
