Lilia POV

As the sun set the day after Dane’s departure, the Evenhide settlement rang with the everyday sounds of the pack going about its business. The crackling of cooking fires, the shouts and laughter of children at play before their parents called them home for dinner. The hum of activity all soothed Lilia’s anxious heart. The pack might be at war, but not gripped by fear.

She stood on the second-floor balcony of the Cresta home … her home. Shortly, ...