"She's finally here; where have you been? I missed having you around." Anselm said the moment Jasmine opened the two large, heavy doors that led into the pack house.

Anselm seemed to have been waiting for me all night because he remained in the same position he was in when I left, but what broke me was the fact that Alaric was still his foot stool.

Seeing Alaric powerless like that scared the hell out of me, but I tried to compose myself. I hate to see him suffer, and I couldn't even handle ...