  &quot;Has Leyanne said how much longer she needs?&quot; I pull us back to our topic in hand, walking to her and kneeling to meet her face and Meadow deflates completely.
  &quot;She s ready to go whenever we are. She s as ready as she can be, and they re going over the same things until we say it s happening.&quot; That downward shuffle of her eyes tells me this is a confession of sorts. I eye her up and know with that admission that Meadow is the one who has delayed things. Knowing she didn t want me to be a part of this, she s made sure I thought there was still time to change the plan. Maybe she was holding out for the vampires to pull back and for the high lord to intervene… either way, I can tell she s kept this close to her chest, so I won t push us to do it.
  This girl! Protecting me even by delaying reunion with her own mate. I can t be mad at her for that.
  &quot;So…. by day

  &quot;Are you sure you want to do this?&quot; Meadow sidetracks me as I make my way to the podium of our new town hall that was only finished in recent weeks and is three times bigger than the hall of the house. Flanked by two temporary sentinels.
  &quot;Yes. They need to know that by this time tomorrow they may not have a Luna, or Alpha coming back. I need them to be prepared and to know what comes after. I owe them honesty to what s happening after the patience for the last days.&quot; I thought this through all night, tossing and turning once we set the plan in motion and decided tomorrow at dawn we are to move on the mountain. This will be our last night with the pack and with that fog surrounding us. 
  Last night I watched my mate slide away in the darkness from me for the last time and said my goodbyes, just in case.
  Leyanne is certain she can protect us one by one from the e

  It s been four days since Leyanne got here and I still cannot get any kind of read on her. She s annoyingly distant, still likes to play vague, and although she gives us zero indication that we can t trust her, it s always there swirling around like an underlying coldness. I don t know if it s like Carmen; with her wall of explainable hostile to keep people at bay. Or if her magic somehow gives her this aura of power and distance, but I get severe lonely and empty vibes from her that I can t quite decipher.
  Not much has happened while we go through the motions of current daily life and plod along. Carmen isn t really showing face often, only in brief passing, and seems to stick to her room which is understandable. Given how much she now has to process while we have downtime. She asked for time, to grieve, to absorb, to be alone with the pangs of missing her newfound mate and the loss

&quot;Has Leyanne said how much longer she needs?&quot; I pull us back to our topic in hand, walking to her and kneeling to meet her face and Meadow deflates completely.
  &quot;She s ready to go whenever we are. She s as ready as she can be, and they re going over the same things until we say it s happening.&quot; That downward shuffle of her eyes tells me this is a confession of sorts. I eye her up and know with that admission that Meadow is the one who has delayed things. Knowing she didn t want me to be a part of this, she s made sure I thought there was still time to change the plan. Maybe she was holding out for the vampires to pull back and for the high lord to intervene… either way, I can tell she s kept this close to her chest, so I won t push us to do it.
  This girl! Protecting me even by delaying reunion with her own mate. I can t be mad at her for that.
  &quot;So…. by day or night? Which works in our favor.&quot; I don t intend to argue over this with her or make her f

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