Eloise stepped over, gently pulling the blanket up to his shoulders and smoothing his dark hair back from his forehead. Within seconds, his breathing evened out into a steady, rhythmic pattern.
"He was terrified when the alarms first went off," Eloise whispered, keeping her voice low as she turned back to me. "He wouldn't admit it, but he stayed within two feet of me all morning. He kept asking if Alpha Demetrius was going to bring everyone home."
A soft, tight knot formed in my throat. I looked toward the window, out over the vast pine canopy stretching across the valley below. The gray mist of the Whispering Ravine was barely visible in the far distance, clinging to the jagged canyon edges like a fading scar.
"We brought everyone home we could," I murmured, my voice dropping. "But thi
