*Anna*

I desperately want to be there when the Alpha enters the library and Kai confronts him, but I can’t bring myself to leave the Luna’s side. She had awoken shortly before the physician arrived and immediately burst into tears, asking her husband for forgiveness while he held and rocked her. It had broken my heart to see her so tormented. After giving her a sleeping draught, Dr. Talon had asked me to stay until the Luna drifted off.

But sleep eludes the poor woman while her gaze continually flutters around the room as though she is searching for something lost. Finally, she settles into stillness, her focus on the...