Chapter 7

I wake to find Alpha Drogo gone. The bed is empty, the furs smoothed over like he was never there. My neck aches from sleeping in the chair and my body feels stiff and sore. The fire has burned down to embers and the room is cold. I wrap the blanket tighter around myself and wonder what I'm supposed to do now. Do I just wait here? Am I allowed to leave? This is his territory, his pack, his home. I don't know the rules and I'm terrified of breaking them.

A knock on the door startles me. Sara enters with another tray of food and a cautious...