Audrey’s POVBefore I left Blood Moon, I was going to return everything that belonged to them.Blake had won his first junior combat tournament when he was twelve. He’d pressed the medal into my hands and asked me to keep it safe. A future Beta, he’d said, couldn’t lose the first medal he’d ever earned.When I brought it to the training hall, he was assembling a bed frame for Chloe’s dorm room. A new mattress, a lamp, blankets, and more than a dozen unopened boxes were piled nearby.He smiled when he saw me, as though he’d been expecting this.“I knew we wouldn’t fall out over something so small.”I held out the medal.“This is yours.”He paused.“Why are you giving it back? Just keep it at your place.”“I’m leaving Blood Moon tomorrow. I might not get another chance to return it.”He tossed it into a box of spare parts.“You’re going to Northwatch early, not leaving forever. Stop acting like this is goodbye.”He pointed to the luggage by the door.“While you’re here, help carry those
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