**SAGE POV**
I’ve stopped going to work at Benny’s.
I can’t risk being noticed anymore. The black SUV has shown up too many times, and I can’t stay in one place for too long. Every time I leave my apartment, I feel eyes on me.
Even now, I sit on the edge of my bed, staring at the small notebook where I’ve written everything I know about the contract, my past, and my mother.
I don’t have much. No laptop, no fancy tools, no friends to turn to. Just me. And my wolf.
But I can’t stop. I have to know.
I stand and pace the small apartment.
My wolf hums inside me, restless and impatient. “They’re watching.” She whispers. “You can feel it. Every shadow, every car that drives by, every window.”
I nod. I can feel it too. But that doesn’t stop me from trying. I grab my notebook and slip it in
