I drifted from the library while Ezra stayed motionless. I was clogged with emotions and uncertainty, and I had to take a few minutes of silence. But before that, I had to do something. I couldn’t give in to my sadness at the expense of my plans, and Dominick gave me a fantastic idea this morning. I listened outside the Alpha and Luna’s office wing of the original packhouse and heard nothing, not even an Omega cleaning. Maybe The Goddess started to take pity on me after all. I slipped into the room Ezra had shown me and grabbed what I needed. I listened again. Still, nothing. I had just enough time to carefully extract what I came for and return it to where I had found it. Then, I did something I rarely ever did before. I went to the new wing. I knew the layout; it was in Amelia’s of

