elt heavy, like she was trapped under thick layers of pain. Eve

ied plants hung from the wooden roof. Bottles filled with s

" The voice wa

hair beside the bed. Her gray hair was pulled back

an said. "I've been

came out like a whisper. H

red water into a cup. "You lost a l

ut pain shot through her chest. She fe

She helped Morgana drink the wat

n. Morgana drank it all and

ho

on her lips. How long had it

time. "He's been here every day. He sits in that chair when

wasn't pain from her cuts. It was something

" she

to ask him th

r than she remembered. Taller. His shoulders were bigger. His dark hair was longer now,

voice was deep and

ter. But she

and she saw something flash in his e

She picked up her goods and walked to

retched between them like a wall m

own but didn't look at her. His hands were folded

ck," he said

ve anywhere

s, and she saw the boy she once kne

ned to you

hts were like dark water, pulling

ll

ut?" Her voice got stronger with her anger. "

ld see the muscle jumping unde

hough it hurt. "You want to talk about fair? I was sixteen, Dolph. S

re dang

just a scared little girl who didn't know how to handle

ran his hands through his hair. "You think that

why di

en he finally spoke, his voice w

o look at her. "Of what you coul

made her heart beat fas

young man with sandy hair and bright blue eyes ca

. "We have a problem. The Wind Winder pack is

e body went

there. He has twent

e was different now. Cold and hard. This was the Alpha talki

lly noticed Morgana. His

Dolph said. "Morgana,

s a ghost. "The stories about

o kill," Mo

Jahn. Then he looked at Morgana

rther. "If the Wind Winder pack is

n't kno

en did they start coming around? When

uiet was

said. "Something's changed.

f fire and ice, of dogs running under a full moon. Dreams of a w

g you're not tell

other. She saw them have a w

it?" sh

ahn said softly. "

er. She could feel it there, warm

lph said. "When you were six

t's impossible. I

she couldn't remember when the mark had appeared. It was

me," s

over her shoulder. There it was-a crescent moon surrounded by five sm

it mean?" s

e night she arrived. Eldra Stormhowl. She walked in like she

," Eldra said. Her voice was like wind

d. There was a war

organa with eyes that seemed to see everything. "You've heard

all over. "Those

smiled, but it was