Chapter 37

  ELLA

  I can hear voices surrounding me but all I can see is black. Every inch of my body feels like it is being engulfed in flames. I try to open my eyes, but it is as if they are sewn shut and my limbs feel as if they are made of lead. I can’t move, I can’t speak, so I can only burn in agony alone.

  A bright light filters through the darkness and I am standing in the pack house at the Red River Pack. I can see myself glancing out of the snow-covered window, stealing glances at my very pregnant mother. I know what day this is. This is a memory that I had long since buried in the back of my mind. “Please don’t show me this I say aloud,” but the memory continues anyway.