Three months after Victor's defeat, life at The Nightshade had settled into a new normal. I fully stepped into my role as Head of Training and Integration, and Ezra and I had become an established couple. The pack not only accepted our relationship but celebrated it.
I was in the training yard working with a group of new arrivals when Emma came running up, looking worried.
"Nessa, you need to come to the pack house. There's someone here asking for you."
"Who?"
"She says her name is Cassidy. From the Silverwood Pack."
My heart stopped. Cassidy was here? After months of wondering if she was okay, she actually come?
I sprinted to the pack house, Emma struggling to keep up. In the main entrance, I found a small group of wolves and there, in the center, looking thin and exhausted but alive, was my best friend.
"Cass!" I crashed into her, hugging her tight. "Oh my god, you're here. You're safe. I was so worried…"
