Timeline: Late February (8 weeks since Evie arrived at Thornwood)
The second full moon approached like an executioner's blade.
Evie felt it in the air, in the way pack members watched her with barely concealed hope and frustration.
In the way Sophie stopped by more frequently, asking gentle questions about how she was feeling, if she'd thought more about the bond.
In the way Nate looked at her when he thought she wasn't watching. Like she was water and he was dying of thirst.
She'd been at Thornwood for two months now.
Two months of training with Sophie, learning pack dynamics, watching Nate fade a little more each day.
Two months of passionate kisses that led nowhere, of sleeping in separate rooms despite every cell in her body screaming to be closer to him.
Two months of sayin
