Verity's pov

A whole month had passed since I arrived in Shadowfang, and I hadn’t seen King Cassian again. Nor Beta Kin. Nor any wolf, really—except Caleb.

At first, I thought it strange. Then, I thought maybe I was the strange one. Maybe they were all avoiding me. Maybe they were instructed to. I didn't know.

And truly, I didn’t mind not seeing the others. Not seeing Kin was more of a blessing than anything else. But I would be lying if I said I hadn’t thought about ...