ANA’S POV
“You saved me, you SAVED me!!” the young lady who the rogues were harassing said as she threw her arms around me, hugging me fiercely. “It was nothing, really,” I replied to her. Directly after making that statement, I felt weird. It felt like I would feel whenever Janice and her doctor friend, Kaira, would give me my nightly injections after dinner. They told me that the shots were to “stop the progression of a malady called ‘Lunapeste’ or the ‘Moon Plague’ and also to make sure that I didn’t become contagious and pass it on to any other wolf-cub in the orphanage. I didn’t know what Lunapes
RYAN’S POV: After sitting in the conference room with Dr. Gail, Emily, and Chris every day for the past week, we realized that we were no closer to answering any of the questions we had concerning Scarlett’s health. We finally came to the mutual consensus that other than monitoring Scarl
ANA’S POV As soon as I woke up, or rather, “came to” from the coma I had succumbed to, Alpha Ryan was beside himself. It was almost comical how he went running out of the room, yelling for the doctor as he ran down the hallway. The reason I found it funny was that, in his frazzled state, he must have forgotten that he could easily have used his ability to mind-link with any member of the Moon Valley pack. Instead, he was frantically running through the clinic’s halls, being loud and disruptive, undoubtedly disturbing other recovering or ill wolves.
DR. GAIL’S POV I was sitting in my office, wrapping up some last-minute paperwork before calling it a day. All of a sudden, I heard some commotion in the hallway. It sounded like someone yelling, but I couldn’t make out what was being said. I got up from my desk and went to my door. Opening it, I walked right into a wall. I looked up and realized that the wall I ran directly into was a breathless Alpha Ryan. “She’s
ANA’S POV: I looked around the room, expecting accusatory leers, but instead, I saw eyes full of questions and something else…patience? I began to spill the information I had not told anyone, not even Emily, when I made my apology to her. Right then, Scarlett whispered in my mind that she was there to lend her strength to me as I trekked this difficult journey before she faded back to the recesses of my mind. Steel
EMILY’S POV When I saw the food being brought in, I squealed, “Oh, thank The Goddess!!” drawing out the word Goddess, “I am STARVING! I swear my stomach is touching my backbone,” I finished as I reached for two sandwiches, a bag of hot cheese puffs, and a Cream Soda. My brother just looked at me and laughed at my antics as I plopped down, unceremoniously in my chair, taking a massive bite from my turkey and swiss sandwich after squishing some of my cheese puffs between the ciabatta buns. As everyone took their choice of sandwiches, chips, and drinks and returned to their seats, I noticed that Ana looked up at the clock with disbelief. I looked over and realized that the time as well. It was already moving towards 9:30 p.m. “If I may,” Ryan began suggesting, “After we all get some food in our systems, why don’t we break for the night? I can only assume that though we have not had the opportunity to get through a lot of our questions either individually or collectively, we are all rea
RYAN’S POV When we all dispersed for the night, I watched Emily run down the hall, hand-in-hand with Ana, towards Ana’s room. I smiled as my heart exuded my love for my sister. It had been ages since I had seen that smile on her face without an attached sadness in her eyes. Maybe this would be good for her, having Ana around. Since we found out that Ana was indeed an orphan, I no longer felt the urgency to go
EMILY’S POV My alarm went off at 4:30 a.m., just like it did every morning. It was time to get up and start the day with the mandatory training. I reached over and gently pushed on Ana’s shoulder, “Hey sleepyhead, time to rise and shine,” I said cheerfully. Ana rolled over, glared at me, and in a not-so-nice fashion flipped me off before telling me I was crazy and to go to hell before rolling back over, pulling the duvet over her head.
CHRIS’S POV I was pairing up some of the more advanced wolves to spar when I received the mind-link from Ryan. Emily was having a meltdown and has essentially demanded that we meet her at her office. I wasn’t sure what could have possibly happened this early in the morning to ruffle her