13: Aware

Olivia ran back. Mary stayed behind as she pushed onward toward home. She didn't care that she left the maid behind without waiting. She was going to get as far away from Ben and Xander as she could. She couldn't believe she had helped them. She was going to go straight home and talk to her father. She would tell him about the wolves, she would tell him that they planned to steal the weapons and attack the city. There was no way she would sit back and let the wolves kill innocent people. Those were her friends. Her family.

She reached the edge of the gardens and rushed into the house, not caring to climb the trellis or be quiet. She raced toward her father's study. He would be awake, she was sure of it. There had been too much conflict with the wolves recently for him to be sleeping peacefully in his bed. He had foregone a honeymoon in order to organize the attacks on the wolves.

Olivia's chest hurt, she stopped and grabbed the wall, gasping for breath. She walked slow