Deborah’s POV

Pain woke Deborah up.

It wasn't a sudden, sharp pain, but a deep ache in her bones, like her body had been taken apart and put back together wrong. She opened her eyes and saw a ceiling she didn't recognize and smelled medicine.

It was the pack's medical room. She had been there before to see injured people, but never as a patient.

She tried to sit up, but her muscles hurt too much.

"Take it easy," Maya said from her left. "You've been out for eighteen hours. You need to ...