FIFTY-SIX

I managed to fall asleep in the early hours of the morning but it felt as if I'd just closed my eyes when loud knocking sounded on the door. It took a minute of the knocking intruding into my dreams for me to get the memo to move. Celeste got the door before I fully woke.

When I got out of my room, I came face to face with a grave-looking Jabari. The memories I tucked away to sleep came flooding back into my consciousness when I saw him look at me like that.

"What happened to him?" I asked, swallowing down the lump blocking my throat.

"We received a call." He paused and I wished he would spit out the words faster. The anxiety was choking me. "We – The Alpha pack, I mean. We are moving." The look on his face was the same one doctors wore to deliver terrible information about their patients.

"So he isn't coming back?" Celeste demanded, crossing her arms.

"It doesn't seem like it." He glanced over at me before looking away. "Usually he sets up an administrative before leaving but it look