NATALIA I wake up to Max in my bed, holding onto me tightly like we never parted this morning. The whole day kind of feels like a dream. The fight at Silver Moon raises more questions than anything else. I fear that whatever it was— whatever those wolves were compelled by— will come here soon. I turn my head and look at Max and the fear seems to just go away. This is it. All I want is to be able to come home to him after my missions. For him to come home after a day of being Aaron’s beta. I just want for us both to come together after a day of protecting our pack. Except… except I am about to leave. In just a couple of days I will be packing up and leaving for the coven with Mia. And Max will be here. We will be apart. After we just finally started taking steps forward. Ivy whi