chapter 15

Sage Last night we could have filled a lake with the pack’s tears. This morning it isn’t about our heartbreak, but about preparing the boy we all love to remain calm about the change in his situation. Andrei pulls every pack member from duty so they can spend it with Jonah, knowing not one person wants to leave his side. So instead, we play, and eat like every other day. Our attempts to make everything remain normal are heart-breaking for us, knowing tomorrow we wake up and that piece of him that has become routine will be gone until we can bring him home again. Clive was due to pick him up an hour ago and is running late. I hope he never shows up and drops off the face of the earth so we can keep Jonah. He doesn’t deserve him; he doesn’t know him. We only have had him for a short time, and no amount of time would be long enough in my eyes. But in that short time, we already got to know him. We know what his favorite cereal is, and his favorite bedtime story. He enjoys climbing trees a