KAIA The Moonfang pack house medical facility smells like antiseptic and cedar. I pace the hallway outside the treatment rooms, my borrowed clothes still dirty from the monastery, my mind still reeling from everything that happened. Vincent is in one room. Mom is in another. Talia appears at my side, pressing a cup of coffee into my hands. "The doctor says Vincent's stable. Silver is working out of his system. He's going to be fine." I nod, but the relief I should feel gets lost somewhere in the chaos of my thoughts. Vincent is my mate. He's known this whole time. And I— "Hey." Talia squeezes my arm. "You okay?" "No," I admit. "But I will be." She studies my face for a moment, then nods. "I'll stay with Vincent. Go be with your mom." I find Mom in a private room at the end of the h

