[Austin] After a week of bedrest, I was able to get up and move around more easily. I was extremely grateful to Rock and Carmen. I didn’t know how much longer I could have survived in that trap. It had been almost a week between getting caught and Carmen finding me. She would never realize how close to death I was. I didn’t tell them how long it had me and I wouldn’t. They knew they saved me and that was enough. I didn’t need more pity. Not that Carmen went overboard with it, but I could see it in her face whenever I talked about my pack and my past. For being blind, she had a very expressive face. I hadn’t even realized it until she told me. Carmen seemed like any other wolf. She was nicer than the Beta blood wolves I knew, and there was something about her that made me relax. She