11. Kaden

Resisting the urge to bury my nose in the crook of her neck, I lift her and carry her to the living room. Ignoring the way it feels to have her back in my arms. She's changed. No longer the teenage girl I met at the cabin in the woods. Everything about her is different but somehow still the same. Lowering her limp body onto one of the sofas, I take a step back before my hands develop a mind of their own. Leander peers around me, curious about her.

"I bet it's because she's hungry. She hasn't eaten anything for almost two days" he says his tone accusing.

"Your point?"

"You shouldn't have made her sleep for so long. Yesterday night would have been a good time to let her wake up and eat and probably talk. It's her, isn't it? I knew it the second I caught her scent. It's the same as..."

"Leander?"

"Yes sir"

"Get lost"

"Yes sir" he scurries out of the pack house. No doubt going to gossip about everything he heard and saw. He's the only person I talk to and that is because he p