Chapter 189

** Paige’s POV ** The cabin is humming with too much energy. Too many worried eyes, too many protective wolves outside. There are too many unanswered questions. Just too much… everything. My skin still feels warm beneath the surface, like the glow hasn’t decided whether it wants to settle or burst out of me again. My mates hover like mother hens disguised as deadly predators, and I can practically hear the internal debate forming between them… Does Paige need water? Should Paige lie down? Should we wrap Paige in seventeen blankets and build a fort so she never leaves the cabin again? They’re as subtle as a marching band. Which is why, the second Poppy clears her throat in the doorway and lifts two cups of coffee, raising her brows at me, I nearly cry with relief. “Paige,” she says gently, “come sit outside with me for a bit?” “No,” Ryder says instantly. “Nope,” Callen adds, crossing his arms like he’s about to throw my sister out the front door. Parker steps closer to me. “I think it w