Tessa/Jessica pov.
I paced around the cave, glancing up at the slice of sky visible through the cracks above. The moon was still not full. How long was it going to take?
My patience was thinning by the second. Every heartbeat felt heavier than the last. I didn’t even know how Zane was doing back at the pack. Was he alright? Was he sleeping? Eating? He’d better not be doing anything stupid like trying to move around.
“Gamma,” Kevin’s voice broke through my thoughts. He was crouched near the entrance, checking the traps we’d set. “Still nothing. It’s quiet out there.”
“Too quiet,” I muttered.
He gave me a look. “You’re overthinking.”
“Maybe,” I said, rubbing the token Zane had given me between my fingers. It was warm again—faintly, but enough to make my chest ache. “But something doesn
