It has been days after Rowan and Marcus's escape and nothing. No attacks, no threats, just silence. Tension has been high among all members of the pack, coiling tighter with each uneventful day. The pack that was once electric with high alert has begun to fray at the edges.
It was that very silence that began to rot the nerves of even the strongest warriors. There was no peace in waiting, it was like being kept on hold with baited breath.
By the seventh day, the tension began to ease up and cautiously, the pack members returned to their daily routines. The members resumed walking around the compound and having gatherings and hangouts, children and teens started hanging out in the common rooms and gameroom, people laughed again—but warily. Every smile and movement was cautious.
Even Elisa and Raven returned to their jobs at the café but under the subtle constant watch of the guards.
