“What did he mean?” Raven asked Beth. She takes a broom and a dustpan and starts to sweep the ashes of the dead vampire. “Yeah, he asked me the same question. Like, isn’t it obvious that I’m a werewolf?” I added, pulling myself back to the present. Today has been a trying day for me. I just wanted to go to sleep and forget about everything that happened to me. Everything always looks better after a good night's sleep. “You need to leave here, Sadie,” Beth says instead. I see it for what it is. A deflection. She didn’t want to lie, but she also didn’t want to answer the question. Straightening, I sat up on the bed, leaning against the headboard. “Why?” She breathes out a sigh as she dumps the ashes into the bin. “I heard Alpha Alec has marked you as a traitor and has ordered anyone

