I opened it up, the scent hit me like a ton of bricks. Jessie. The pillowcase must have been hers from when she was recovering here.

I woke up about noon the next day; I hadn't felt that good in months. "Beta John, please come to my office," I heard over the link.

"Yes Alpha, five minutes." I quickly dressed and went down the hall of the Alpha's wing to his office, right across the hallway from the Luna's office. I knocked and went in, wondering if my nose was messing with me. It wasn't. "Patrick!" I rushed across the room and embraced him. "Thank you. Thank you for protecting...