Kari woke to an empty bed. After finally dragging themselves up yesterday, she and Evan had stayed up late, handling issues she hadn’t even realized existed over the last week. She hadn’t understood how much Evan had been managing since her father’s death until she sat beside him in the office, listening to everything that needed her attention.
A new training hall was supposed to be built, but there were barely any funds to make it happen. Evan was trying to secure a loan from an allied pack. The school program was struggling too. Too few warriors to teach and too many being reassigned to extra patrols. They had stayed up late, hashing out plans and brainstorming solutions until Kari could hardly keep her eyes open. When she finally fell asleep, it had been the first truly peaceful rest s
