Over the next couple of days, Stone has me attend a few events and now that I have such a big secret to keep, I'm finding it much harder to settle my nerves and therefore the nausea. It was getting hard to keep the facade of numb and uncaring going when I was full of energy.
On a couple of occasions, I found myself reaching my hand up to my abdomen to hold the baby and I would have to cover it up by pretending to smooth my dress. The only thing keeping me from losing my mind was knowing that we had an escape plan. An amazingly meticulous plan, crafted over months instead of days, by people that have been preparing for Stone's takeover of the pack.
I think back to Aniu's explanation of how this plan came to exist. "
She was sitting on the bed with me and she explained, "Ever since Septem
