‘I could have said more than thank you,’ she thought as she returned to bed.
Desiree tossed and turned for the better part of an hour that night as she wondered how Declan might have reacted to her response.
She awoke the following morning to an entirely different world. Word spread fast that the alpha had sent her a cart of food and suddenly everyone seemed to become interested in her. Everyone that is except the alpha who had left the following morning to visit with neighboring packs.
She made her way to his suite to thank him in person for the gesture only to be told he’d taken Malcolm and a few others to respond to important matters. She retreated to the seamstress hall, working on the quilt she’d begun the night before, knowing that it would be complete by sunset if she kept at her current pace.