I walk out of the bathroom and head toward the bedroom. Despite spending most of the day in bed, I still feel so tired—like my bones are weighed down with something I can’t shake.
The moment we’d returned to the pack house, Aspen had immediately abandoned me in favor of her new friends, and Alec had been swept away by pack duties. He’d been missing in action for three days, and even though Jason and Micah had been holding things together, there were still matters only the Alpha could handle.
He left right after promising he’d check in on me later, and I’d barely made it to my bedroom before crawling under the covers for a nap.
I didn’t do much after that. I just… existed. Let myself rest. My body’s still recovering from the moon heat, and I needed every ounce of stillness to feel like m
