The weather hasn’t let up, even when I wish it would. The clouds are heavy and dark and stagnant, unmoving through the skies and blocking the sun for what feels like a week, maybe more. Having Celine here is a beacon of light in itself, but there’s far too much going on for me to see her as much as I would prefer.I drag myself to the hospital, wearing the laziest set of sweatpants and a hoodie. I tied up my long, fair hair, letting it hang off my neck in a ball or a nest; I don’t care of the appearance at this rate. I lurch myself to the top floor, leaning forward against the glass to peer into Reese’s room. He’s hardly awake anymore.Just like today, he still breathes through a machine, several others beeping stagnantly. I’ve built new programs, hired specialists of our kind, and built beautiful charities to raise money for wolves just like Reese. And yet, here he lays, no better than he was the day he was brought to the Royal pack.Eugene rests a heavy palm on my shoulder. “It’s go

After watching after Mara for a few days, Eugene decides it’s best to return to the Royal pack to check on Reese’s condition. Alpha Connor comes with, needing a break from this obvious painful situation for him. I don’t know why, but Herold follows his brother’s lead, coming to the Royal pack lands while I escape to the office in the hospital.I did manage to break away from everyone else but I know that won’t last. Someone will be by to ruin my isolated silence that I enjoy far too much. It’s frustrating, but inevitable, so I get to work researching any kind of files or news on Alpha Connor’s pack.If this was Alicia’s doing, there has to be a reason. I need to know what that is.I search deeper and deeper into the internet until the files with solid truths are eventually murky with tabloid gunk. I know from personal experience these articles cannot be trusted, but I indulge anyways. The headlines scream out too much familiarity.Alpha Connor Seeing Two Women? Sources Say: Yes!I loo

“I don’t want that,” Herold says, breaking the long, ebbing silence in the hallway. “I don’t want to forget about you. I never have and I never will.”I can feel the hot tears on my face, the music from the ballroom downstairs so distant but somewhat upbeat. I can just picture her now, spinning across the dancefloor with Alpha Connor, using her maleficent charms on that pathetic Alpha. I bite my words, my frustrations, and feel my back sulk against the wall.“Shh, relax,” Gabriel hums, his arms caressing around me tightly. He hold me in place, my mind finally realizing that I wasn’t up against a wall at all, but instead the dominate Alpha King. He brushes my cheek with his warm lips. “Everything is going to be okay, my dear.”“It’s not,” I groan.My stomach aches, just like my head. “No one—no one believes me…”“I didn’t—’ Herold says, pushing himself to unsteady stance. “I just know what I was told about Olivia’s death and I—”I flinch at the mention of my name, every wolf aware of i

It’s a long day at the hospital.Reese isn’t doing much better, and Mara has only gotten worse. They are in neighboring rooms now, making it easy to watch their symptoms increase and their health decrease. I sit between the two rooms in an uncomfortable chair, fighting back the nag of tire that has been surrounding me lately.That’s not the only thing surrounding me, though.Eugene walks me to the hospital every morning and night, while Gabriel will spend the afternoon and evening with me at the hospital and at the palace. When he is normally in his office, he instead works in our bedroom, meticulously trading a glance from me to his laptop.That’s not the worst of it, though. Alpha Herold will come up to the hospital around noon and spend a long part of the day with me, making it impossible for me to ever be alone with my many, many thoughts.I sit here now, watching the clock, waiting for the exact minute I hear that damn voice say those same words like they have every morning.“Que

Eugene has been healing in the pack hospital but his room is far from Reese’s. I take turns spending time with both men, though neither of them has woken up. Mara is in the same state, her health slowly trickling down worse and worse until I fear she will be in the same constant state of numbness like Reese.It’s hard to see Eugene like this.It was harder after the battle, having the warriors run him to the hospital while I helped Gabriel with the lesser wounded wolves up top. He was so happy to see that I was unhurt, and he seemed to have a glowing respect for the physician in his effort to protect me. I know I owe Eugene my life, but I still couldn’t bring myself to tell him I loved him.He will continue fighting to have those words be true, even when I know they’re not. I feel so conflicted but it’s hard to focus on anything other than the small vial I had found on the battlefield. It was looped around a rope, large enough to circle a rogue’s neck, as if they were bringing it to b