Author's POV:

Melanie was thrown back to her time growing up. She was a sick wolf. She was in and out of the hospital many times. And on the last day when the doctors said she was okay, that she didn't have to spend so many days in the hospital, she met Mia.

Mia was an orphan. She'd come from the orphanage with one of the smaller kids. The child stuck to her, holding her hand even while he was being administered drugs.

Melanie had watched them carefully. She was sitting on a bench in the ...