Hope

I creep inside the pack house just after midnight. I just finished getting Leon settled in the warriors barracks. Though he was suspicious of my intent at first, he seemed to settle in fine. I would have to check on him in the morning and take him to Emma for a follow-up.

The door clicks shut behind me. My skin tingles with the night’s lingering warmth, and the scent of summer jasmine drifts through the cracked window. I drop my keys in the dish by the door doing my best to keep the jingling to a minimum.

Exhaustion threads through my bones like slow poison. Today was long and...