Kari was exhausted after her patrol. Between the broken night of sleep and the emotionally draining meeting before lunch, she barely had the energy to finish. With Isaac injured and Evan kept off patrols, things were worse than before. Green River’s struggling numbers meant there simply weren’t enough trained wolves to cover all the shifts.
Evan had mindlinked her to say he would be in the training hall helping set up for the cameras being installed tomorrow, so she went straight to her room, skipping dinner in favor of a shower and bed.
That plan fell apart the moment she reached her floor and saw Joe leaning against the wall outside her door.
She sighed. “Hey, Joey.”
His lips pressed into a thin line as he watched her approach. “Hey.”
She unlocked the door but stopped short of openi
