Kiana After only a few hours of sleep, I slipped out of the house right after dawn. Troy was meeting with the other wolves for breakfast, but I didn’t feel up to looking at Morven just yet. And that made me ashamed. I was stronger than I used to be, and I’d faced down Thornston. Morven couldn’t touch me here, but just the thought of him conjured memories that made my stomach twist. Troy tried to tell me that there was no shame in it, but I still couldn’t shake the feeling. If Amelia was annoyed at having to meet at the house at such an early hour, she didn’t show it. “Finn first. Then the woods, and then Irene,” I said as I climbed into the truck. “And if I didn’t say so last night, I’m sorry, Amelia.” “You didn’t have a choice, did you?” Without looking at me, she started the vehicl

