Cara's POV The festival decorations made the pack grounds look extremely beautiful. I stood in the medical tent, checking supplies that didn't really need checking, watching the celebration from a safe distance without being a part of it. "That's the third time you've counted those bandages," Mia whispered mockingly in my head. “I'm just being thorough," I shot back. "Being thorough," she repeated. “Is that supposed to be another word for hiding?” Of course she knew I was hiding, I just didn't want to admit it. The festival was a way of showing the pack and allies that Blue Moon was strong despite Thorne's attacks, but still I had not really been to a gathering like this since my eighteenth birthday—the party I poisoned Thorne definitely doesn't count—so it was kind of weird. Throu

