Elena Alisha paces the room; I don’t even remember coming here. I only know what she’s told me. She told me that my mother had called an ambulance, and Alisha raced to meet me here, and she hadn’t left my side since. My father banished me from the pack, and Alisha was not taking that news well. At the same time, I felt nothing but numb despite the pain coursing through me. “We can join another pack,” she mutters, and I know she will for me. She is that kind of friend. The ride-or-die sort. We have been best friends since first grade, and I know that won’t change. “And leave your family behind?” I ask her. It sounds ridiculous. She shouldn’t suffer because of my foolish actions. She isn’t the one that jumped into bed with Alpha Axton. “No, I will think of something,” I tell her, s