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096:Settling in the Pack

Author: Yakira Springs
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-09-22 02:51:27

Calla

It’s been a month. That’s how long I’ve been here in this pack, sleeping in rooms that don’t feel like mine, walking through halls where eyes follow me like I don’t belong. A month sounds short when I say it out loud, but inside it feels much longer, like time is dragging its feet just to mess with me.

I still go back to the city on weekends with Blaire, mostly so Ava doesn’t freak out and storm my home thinking I’ve disappeared. Every Friday, Blaire grabs the keys, and we head out before the sun sets. Those weekends feel like air after holding my breath too long. The city noise, the familiar faces, even the smell of exhaust fumes, it’s all grounding in a way the pack never is.

But Monday always comes back around, and I return here mostly after classes. To this pack. To these people who don’t know what to do with me.

I try to settle in, really, I do. I wake up early when they train, even though I don’t train with them. I eat in the dining hall, sit through meals with people who
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