Ava The night was unusually quiet as Chris, Patrick, and I crept through the shadows towards the clinic. We were all dressed in black, our faces partially obscured by dark hats and scarves. Even though Chris was the Alpha, we couldn’t just walk into the clinic; the staff would never give us the information we needed, especially if something sinister was going on. And if Elise was up to something, then we also couldn’t have her knowing that we were on her trail. So here we were, dressed like a trio of burglars, sneaking up to the clinic after hours. I had never done anything like this before; even as a teenager, I never snuck around, never went anywhere I wasn’t supposed to. Doing this now, even though it was for the safety of our pack, felt… wrong. Dirty. But also incr