Loren’s POVThe days after Mia’s initiation passed in a steady, quiet rhythm, it was steady for everyone else, at least. For me, it was a blur of responsibility, nerves I’d never admit to, and a strange new warmth that hadn’t existed in my chest before she arrived.Mia healed slowly, the burn on her forearm darkening into a firm, proud mark. She touched it often, sometimes absentmindedly, sometimes with quiet reverence and every time she did, I’d look away before she noticed me watching and I was watching... Way too much.Zeke would chew me out if he realized how obvious it was.On the third morning after her initiation, I brought her to what would soon be her new home.The old healer’s place.It stood on the edge of the pack grounds, wrapped in ivy and dandelions, the kind of house that looked like it carried secrets in the cracks of its windows. I’d always found the place eerie as a kid, but Mia? She looked at it like someone staring at the sunrise for the first time.Her eyes softe
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