Chapter 66
Dinner at the Yellow Moon packhouse went smoothly, filled with the kind of boisterous, easy laughter only a large wolf pack can provide. Arden was treated like a returning family member, a shift that allowed her to slowly shed the rigid guard persona she was still holding onto.
Cianna’s famous Dutch Apple Pie lived up to the hype, earning high praise from Arden, who found the warm, cinnamon-spiced comfort of the dessert to be exactly what she needed. She’d had plenty of apple pie in her life, but nothing could beat what Cianna had made.
As the plates were cleared and the evening began to wind down, the atmosphere in the room shifted toward a cozy, quiet content. Arden found herself checking her phone beneath the table, the digital clock mocking her with how much time remained
