Evaline:
By the time I finished laying out everything that had happened inside Alpha Grey's office, my bedroom fell into a silence so thick I could almost taste it. The kind that presses at your lungs, compresses your ribs, and makes you aware of every passing second.
I didn't blame them.
The things Elion had said…
The offer…
The heritage…
The implication that he knew more about me than even I knew about myself…
Even I couldn't wrap my head around it.
Truthfully, I doubted I had spoken in a completely coherent order. My mind had been a whirlpool ever since the moment I stepped out of Elion Grey's office. Thoughts circling, crashing, choking. The shock of his persistence. The worry over what River might say. The temptation - sharp and shameful - of discovering the truth behind my healing ability. All of it mixed into a storm that refused to calm.
River had been away at Nightshade Pack.
