Rose closed her eyes tight. Tears rolled down her face.
When she spoke, she sounded completely defeated.
"That day... Allison told me to pack her bags before we went to watch the sunset. When we got near the cliff, she ordered me to take her luggage to the patrol station... you know the one, about half a mile from the cliff edge, where the scouts take breaks."
Katia felt sick. She remembered that station. Small, hidden, hard to find if you didn't know where to look.
"I waited there like she told me to." Rose started talking faster, panicking. "She arrived not long after, with Gamma Marcus. He helped us both... took us to the nearest human settlement just across the border. "
"After I helped Miss Allison get settled, he sent me back to the pack and told me to act like I did
