MISSY Maddox offered Sloan a place in our pack. Valen started to object as she hesitated, which seemed to cement her decision. He turned to her in shock. “Well then, welcome to Serenity Waters,” Maddox said confidently. I smiled, feeling completely okay with this decision. Vera continued to look between all of us in confusion. “If she’s a rogue, then why doesn’t she smell like a rotting pile of garbage? She just smells very unsavory,” Vera asked. “Vera,” Valen said. Vera closed her mouth and pouted. “It doesn’t matter now. We’ll make sure everything is taken care of in the morning. For now, she can stay here in the packhouse,” Maddox said. “We need to get back,” I told him. “We shouldn’t just disappear entirely.” “Missy’s right,” Ronin said. “We can have her watched for the res