TALIA
When I woke, I felt fully healed and well rested, but he was gone. The sun was high in the sky, indicating it was either late morning or possibly even afternoon. I shifted back into my human form, grabbed some clothes out of my suitcase, dressing myself in a long sleeve T-shirt and sweatpants, and exited my room. I descended the stairs to find Hugo sitting on the living room couch.
Hugo smiled and got up as I entered the room. “What are you doing here?” I asked, going over to hug him, relieved he was out of jail.
“Alpha Alexander hired me to work for him,” he replied, holding me tight against his body.
“Doing what?” I asked, already putting two and two together.
“He told me what happened this morning, and I heard what happened in the cells,” Hugo said into my ear. “I’m so glad y
