Three long, exhausting days pass. My efforts to find Valeria have been futile and I am no closer to finding her than I was when the search first began. The pack members have been avoiding me and refuse to work together. They keep making excuses about how it’s not the alpha family’s fault and how innocent they are.

The council might delay the alpha family's trial, but I must return to them this evening with proof of her survival and abuse, or they will cancel it. Without proof, there is no ...