She shook her head, sniffling. Then, after a pause, she whispered the piece of news that made my heart skip. "Emilia... she's mated to Alpha Hamilton." My mouth went wide. "She is?" I asked, incredulous. Suzy nodded, and I finally understood. My friend, the girl who had been my companion through so much, had her own sorrows and I was here to help her out too, the best way I could as she had always helped me and had been by my side. I hugged Sara tightly again, feeling the bittersweet sting of joy and sorrow, as she wailed softly against me. The world had moved on while I had been hiding, and I had survived my own storm. But knowing that those around me had theirs, I decided not to dwell too much on mine. Then and there I made a decision: All things that happened in the past stays in

