Gianna POVSince I woke up, I have been bothering Axel more than ever to let me out of the pack house, and it wasn't only because I hated the feeling of being locked up because of Vera. No, what I felt this time was different, and it hit me the moment I woke up. It was a terrifying, rotten smell that carried what felt like old magic, along with the stench of death. It twisted my gut and left me unable to eat.When a sick guard came to the pack house and reported the new plague that has affected everyone in the pack, it confirmed the evil I was feeling.“Why didn't you say anything to me?” Axel asked anxiously after I told him what I had been feeling earlier since this morning. “If you had said something to me, I would have let you out, and maybe things wouldn't have ended up this bad.”I held Axel's hand in comfort and imitated his actions by dropping to my knees in front of the sick man he was checking on. The last time I saw Axel like this, lost and confused, was back when the pack
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