“Hello, Aunt Kathy,” Amber said.
Aunt Kathy sighed. “It’s good to hear from you both. You are back in town now?”
“Yes,” I told her. “I tried to come to the hospital but I was denied entrance.”
“But you are the Alpha,” Aunt Kathy said, confused.
“That’s what I thought too,” I told her. “But the guards were adamant, and I didn’t want to have to fight them when they were only obeying council orders.”
“Even the council has gone against you?”
“I suspect Tony’s influence has a far reach these days,” I said. “More than I was expecting.”
“Yes, that’s likely,” Aunt Kathy said. “We’ve been seeing it here too. Our family has been allowed in the hospital, and we are all in the usual waiting room. But we’ve been denied the right to see Gloria. Everyone has, except for the healers and Tony himsel
