*Kennedy*I watched the time on my phone tick by, Lucas hadn't returned back from his meeting. Time had felt like it slowed but in actuality it had only been two hours, which wasn't that long. I brought my laptop out to the living room and made myself comfortable on the big couch, trying my best to focus on work. Grace and Chef Chris had left, and the dogs were sleeping. Samson in his usual spot next to me, the house was eerily quiet for this time of day. In the far distance I heard someone faintly yell, at first it sounded like a wild animal, but after it repeated several times, I recognized the sound as my name. I became hypervigilant, not sure if whoever was calling me was friend or foe. Inching to the front door, I peered out one of the side windows, a large body was sprawled on the landing to the door, when I looked closer Titus came into focus. Blood was dripping from both ears, little glass pieces had embedded into his flesh. There wasn't any other major damage I could see. Hi

*Kennedy*The wolf slowly and deliberately crawled to me. I saw Lucas change into this creature, but my brain was not believing it. He raised his head, cuts, bruises, and swelling marred his right side. Eyes that I knew undoubtedly belonged to Lucas stared at me. I loved those eyes, they always transported me to a future that held a life full of love and belonging. Besides blood coating half of his fur, he was just as beautiful in wolf form than human, with white a snow hair.Another wolf appeared behind him, forcing me to cower. Lucas whipped his head around, he huffed and snorted at a wolf that had black and white peppered fur, almost like he was graying. Whatever the communication that was going on between them, it looked like the wolf understood. Before I could even blink the wolf transformed into Tony. Every emotion that I had ever experienced in my life bubbled over, and my body's only reaction was to throw up. My stomach heaved up bile, I tried to hide the obvious action by

*Kennedy*Hannah and I sat stunned in the living room of the Massi house. I stared down at the photo of my dad at my high school graduation. Thankfully Hannah thought to grab our fireproof box, that held all of the important information and most precious possessions. We both had a fear that the faulty wiring in the apartment was eventually going to catch fire. We thought ahead and prepared our box a year after we moved in. The only possessions I owned that I thought were worth keeping were a handful of pictures of my dad. I didn't know if it was a coincidence that I had visited his grave this morning, having a long conversation with him, and now I was staring at his face, but seeing him again brought back a lot of sadness."Now what do we do?" Hannah asked, digging through her possessions, which were as sparse as mine.I didn't know, and I was too tired to think. I had been up for almost two days straight, there was a lot going on in my head. I still hadn't processed the Lucas situa

*Kennedy*I had my foot propped up on a dressing room chair, it was throbbing and twice the normal size. Tony had dragged me to four very expensive stores. I never cared for shopping but when I had to go, I typically went to thrift stores and pulled used clothes off the rack, refusing to spend more than ten dollars on a pair of pants.Tony on the other hand had a taste for quality fabric and custom fit clothes. His eyes rolled when I came out of the changing room of the second store with jeans that were ripped at the knees and a loose-fitting t-shirt that had a computer on it, with the words, have you tried turning it off and on again, printed with block letters. Even though I had bought the shirt and jeans I purchased a few nicer stables that appeased him.We had been out for almost half the day, and we bickered like father and daughter, talked about Lucas, and what I wanted my future to look like, and I peppered him with questions about his past and family, and the politics of the

*Lucas*The door to the 67' impala was open, and Kennedy had her face buried into her arm against the steering wheel, crying uncontrollably. Guilt tore at me, I shouldn't have introduced her to everyone all at once. I should've done it slowly, giving people the one-on-one time they needed to see the amazing person she was. I was too eager to introduce her and desperate to give her the protection that she needed when I couldn't be around. Opening the passenger door, I slid in, collecting her in my arms. "I am sorry." I apologized, smoothing over her always messy hair, something that I loved about her."It's not your fault," she wiped her face on my shirt. "Well besides telling me that meeting with the pack was not a big deal and that they would be welcoming, but everything else isn't." She choked back sobs, "It's just a lot over the last few weeks, and I've barely slept, and my leg is killing me."It had been a lot for her, for anyone really. She was a rock in my eyes. She had been