Nyx's Pov

It had been a week. Seven long days since Caspian told me he was coming for me. Seven days since his voice had whispered through the phone that he loved me, that he was on his way.

A week of waiting....a week of silence.

I had tried to keep myself busy. I tried to drown the ache in my chest by staying in the library, stacking books high around me as though words could fill the emptiness. I read about the history of packs, about wolf law, about herbs and remedies.

I read until my ...