"Why is it you every time?" As the moonlight streamed across the thick woodland outside my office window, I whispered to myself.
Somewhere, Lina was pacing around the edge of the pack grounds, as she always did when she was unable to fall asleep. Despite my best efforts to hide it, I could still sense her presence via the tiny thread that hadn't entirely severed.
Eli's voice broke the silence as the door behind me creaked open. "You're still conscious. I assumed you would be planning for tomorrow.
I said bluntly, without looking back, "I am." "This is a component of it."
"Observing her?" Eli's voice was piercing and inquisitive. “Are you torturing yourself, or is that actually part of the plan?”
I turned at that moment and gave her a stern look. "Eli, what do you want?"
She crossed h
