17 “It’s going to be okay,” Kane whispered in my ear. He stood behind me as we glanced out at the clearing, waiting. Yesterday, after making love to Kane, we still had to wait until my father called us back. I had no idea how they had made it, but he told me he had found a heart flower and they had snatched it from the administrative building. For now, the elder council didn’t have any idea the flower was gone, but they didn’t want to risk holding on to it for long. We agreed on meeting early this morning at a halfway point between the werewolf den and the Lovell enclave. Kane and I had made it back to the den, rested for a couple of hours, then had left again—this time with our friends. Ramon wanted to join us, but he decided to stay back with Violet, in case he was needed there. The

