When Winter looked in the mirror the next morning, there were dark circles under her eyes, and she looked tired. Which made sense, since she had trouble falling asleep at night.
She had tried to forget everything that had happened and rest well, but her mind wouldn’t stop turning. She had ended up sitting on the balcony, letting the sounds of the ocean wash over her. She had fallen asleep out there, then woken up in the middle of the night and went back inside to bed.
As she got ready for the next meeting with Stonerock’s representatives, she hoped it would go well. Julian had not come back to her room after she told him to leave her alone, and she hoped he would not derail the discussions between the two packs.
She wondered whether he would attend the meeting, and how that would pan ou
