The aspirin didn’t touch the headache and by lunch time, Riley felt terrible. Her whole body ached and she was beginning to wonder if she might be sick.
Patrick, for his part, had been nothing but helpful. He seemed to figure out that she wasn’t feeling well, but graciously avoided pointing it out any further. He answered her questions thoroughly and didn’t seem to mind that she was taking longer than normal to get through some of the paperwork.
After staring at the same page on rotation and patrols for ten minutes, she gave up and asked that they take a break for lunch. Patrick led her back out of the academy and across the grounds where morning training was just wrapping up.
With all the extra warriors from other packs and the council, the grounds were abuzz with people. She spotted M
