Violet
I woke up in a very strange place.
The wolf that had accompanied Kael was Voya, the Supreme Alpha of Frostheim, and I had been unconscious throughout the time it took for them to bring me here.
The first week passed in fragments.
I slept more than I was awake, my body dragging me under for hours at a time without warning. I would surface briefly, drink whatever broth or tea the healers placed in my hands, and then sink back into a dreamless dark that swallowed me whole.
Zephyr rested too. I could feel her deep inside me, curled around whatever shared core we had formed, healing in her own quiet way. Some mornings I would reach for her just to make sure she was still there, and the faint pulse of her presence would ease the tightness in my chest enough to let me breathe.
This territory was unlike anywhere I had ever been.
