Chapter 36

• ARIA
• I pushed my hair out of my face and sucked in a shaky breath, but it didn’t do anything to make me feel better. I’d cried through the night till there were no tears left, and the morning came with a terrible headache. Still, Slade didn’t return home, and sleep wouldn’t come.
• Gwyn arrived earlier than usual to administer the drugs as prescribed by the pack doctor and make sure I ate. She moved around me like she was walking on eggshells, hardly saying a word, and she’d left as soon as she was done attending to me.