Everyone says goodbye, but Stella returns with ice cream for us. Sophia settles into the chair beside the bed while I join my mother by the window. I hear the door open and close, knowing Stella has departed.

"You ok?" I ask my mother as she continues gazing through the window.

She sighs. "I am, but everyone concerns me," she turns to face me. "I worry about the pack; we're in the dark about Ava's power - we only have her family's word, and there's nothing in the ...