Chapter Twenty-Nine

**Rox**

It had been a few days since the pack meeting where Rylan had declared his secession from the Union, and it had all been so strange for me. Here we are, impending doom and apocalyptic threats hanging over us, and I’m happier than I could ever remember being.

I hung out a lot with Thalia and helped her as much as I could. She was the strongest, most determined woman I’d ever known, but her