*Molly* I lay awake, every creak and howl of wind blowing causing anxiety to bubble up inside of me. Thankfully, the pups are sound asleep, but I’m not sure I can sleep until Seth returns. Everything Lily told me about David runs through my mind. She had nothing bad to say about him, not a thing. She didn't know why he was cast out as Alpha. He was just a man she found who needed help and they became friends. He protected her out in the woods for a time, expecting nothing in return. She said she never felt he owed her a life debt and was shocked to hear that he told me he did. From everything she has to say about him, he sounds like an upstanding and honorable man. But then there's everything else that we know about him, and it tells me that he's good at hiding his true inten