Ryder POV

"Stay with me." Her eyes are already closing. "Need to feel you here."

"Always." I settled in beside her. "I'm not going anywhere."

She falls asleep within minutes, her breathing evening out. Through the window, I watch the pack continue their preparations. Knox organizing patrol schedules. Mara training younger wolves in combat and Doc stockpiling medical supplies.

Everyone is working to survive what's coming.

My phone buzzes with a text from Knox: How is she?

Sleeping, she needs ...