I was thrown back to the Crimson-Eye Packhouse before I could watch Alpha Walker leave, and my head was pounding with a headache that almost made it impossible focus on where I was and what was happening around me.
I closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths, trying to will the headache away. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself alone in Alpha Lincoln's office.
The room looked the same as it had done the last time I was here - the desk was strewn with papers, and the coals in the fireplace were still glowing orange as they slowly burned away.
I looked around the room, expecting to see Alpha Lincoln or Beta Leo somewhere, but the room really was deserted and I had an uneasy feeling that I had awoken here for a reason.
For a moment I was unable to push thoughts of the woman in th
