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Raven's POV Thursday night, I was lying in bed trying to sleep when Breeze started pacing inside me. Not her usual movement, but frantic, anxious pacing like something was wrong. "What is it?" I asked her. "Something's not right," she said. "I can feel it." "Feel what?" I asked while sitting up. "Danger," she said. "Close by. Too close." I got up and looked out my window. The street was empty. No cars. No people. Everything looked normal. "I don't see anything," I said. "It's there," Breeze insisted. "I can sense it. Someone is watching the house." A chill ran down my spine. I checked the lock on my window, then went to my door. It was locked too. I looked out into the hallway, but everything was dark and quiet. "Maybe you're wrong," I said. "Maybe it's just anxiety." "It's not anxiety," Breeze said firmly. "Something is wrong. We need to be ready." "Ready for what?" I asked. "I don't know yet," she admitted. "But trust me. Please." I got back in bed but couldn't sleep.

Raven's POV Saturday morning, I woke up to find Alaric already gone. His mom said he left early and didn't say where he was going. I texted him but he didn't respond for hours. When he finally came back that afternoon, he looked tired but satisfied. He found me in the living room and sat down with a notebook. "Where were you?" I asked. "Following Jake," he said. "Tracking his movements. Seeing who he meets with." "You what?" I said. "Alaric, that's dangerous." "So is letting him threaten you," he said. "I needed to know what we're dealing with." "And what did you find out?" I asked. He flipped open the notebook, showing me pages of notes and times. "Jake met with Luella this morning at a coffee shop downtown. They talked for almost an hour." "About what?" I asked. "I couldn't hear everything, but I caught some of it," he said. "They're planning something. Something they need to happen before the baby comes." My stomach dropped. "What kind of something?" "I don't know yet,

Raven's POV Friday morning, Luna Vera told me I had to attend the monthly pack gathering on Sunday. I tried to get out of it, but she insisted. "You're still part of this family," she said. "People need to see you're not hiding." After she left, I texted Alaric about it. He called immediately. "You can't go," he said. "It's too dangerous." "I don't have a choice," I said. "Luna Vera is making me." "Then I'm going with you," he said. "You're not invited," I pointed out. "It's pack members only." "I'll figure something out," he said. "But you're not going alone." That afternoon, Breeze started getting agitated. She kept pacing and growling like something was wrong. "What is it?" I asked. "Something bad is coming," she said. "At that gathering. I can feel it." "What kind of bad?" I asked. "I don't know exactly," she said. "But Luella is planning something public that will humiliate us." "How do you know?" I asked. "Instinct," she said. "And the way she's been acting lately

Raven's POV Monday morning started badly and got worse. I woke up dizzy and nauseous. My back was killing me, and the baby was pressing on my bladder, making it hard to walk. But I forced myself to go to school because I had already missed too many days. "This is a mistake," Breeze said. "We should stay home." "I can't," I said. "I have two tests today." Alaric picked me up and took one look at me before frowning. "You look terrible," he said. "Thanks," I said. "You really know how to make a girl feel special." "I'm serious, Raven," he said. "Maybe you should stay home." "I'll be fine," I lied. But I wasn't fine. By the second period, I was sweating and dizzy. "Miss Valkhor, are you alright?" the teacher asked. "Fine," I mumbled. "Just tired." At lunch, I couldn't eat anything; just looking at food made me feel nauseous. Alaric tried to get me to drink water, but even that was hard to keep down. "You need to go to the nurse," he said. "I need to get through the day," I

Raven's POV Thursday morning, I woke up exhausted. I had stayed up until midnight finishing a history paper, then woke up at five to walk Mrs. Chen's dog. After that, I had school, then tutoring sessions, then homework. My body was screaming at me to rest, but I couldn't afford to. At school, I could barely keep my eyes open. In the first period, I fell asleep at my desk, and the teacher had to wake me up. In the third period, I got a D on a quiz because I was too tired to focus. By lunch, I was ready to cry. I had three more classes plus two tutoring sessions plus an online jewelry order to finish. And somehow, I had to study for a math test tomorrow. "This is impossible," I told Alaric in the library. "Then let me help," he said. "How?" I asked. "You can't take my tests for me." "No, but I can help you study," he said. "And I can drive you to your tutoring sessions so you're not exhausted from walking. And I can help with your jewelry orders." "You don't know how to make jew