56. The Queen Returns

Annabelle Aoki

I reckon perhaps it's because this is only my second time in Bayswater pack but I've never been to the other wing of the packhouse before, where the majority of the pack members lived. 

The dining area was huge, impressive. The walls were painted in neutral colors, while large chandeliers dotted the high ceilings. The room was minimally decorated, with long rectangular tables covered in beige fabric, placed in straight lines next to each other.

Banquet chairs were filled with shapeshifters, male, female, young, and old. A high table was placed at the end of the room, where Arch, Roman, Trav, and Jughead were already sitting. There were two other people whom I did not recognize seated at the table, one male and another female whom Romeo later introduced as the Head Male and Female Warrior.

The noisy chamber hushed considerably when Romeo and I entered, all eyes on us. I wasn't about to admit to Romeo but