CHAPTER 322 TORN DUTIES

The next morning arrived with a pale ray of sunlight creeping through the windows. Hudson stirred from his place on the armchair next to Claire’s bed, blinking away the sleepiness in his eyes. He had spent the night at her side, watching over her while she was still asleep. Her face was peaceful yet pale, and he monitored the rise and fall of her chest, meticulous about anything amiss. As much as he wanted to stay by her side all day and wait for the moment she would open her eyes again, the reality of his duties loomed over him like a shadow he couldn’t escape. Hudson had scheduled a meeting with General Arlo for today, way before he and Claire even had that big argument. And it was a crucial one concerning the intelligence he and his team had gathered about Magnus’s camp. Because the Red Moon Pack was on the precipice of an inner power struggle, and every second counted in taking advantage of the fallout. Claire and his child were more important, but so was his duty to the pac