By nighttime, my diner was full. It hadn’t started as a party, but that’s what it had turned into. Dom and the others had come in to celebrate their victory then more pack members kept coming in until the space was filled. I wasn’t happy with the hostility I’d witnessed. I sat at the counter with a drink, but I wasn’t partying with them.Allen and his two friends came up to me. They all had on aprons since they had to help service with the large crowd.“You don’t look too happy, Miss M,” said Allen.“It’s just like our alpha said, ma’am,” Patty added. “It’s them or us.” Her right wrist was bandaged.“I hope your wrist is better, sweetie,” I asked the girl, ignoring everything else they’d said.“C’mon, miss M,” Joe tried to cheer me up.“I’d just rather be alone right now, Joe,” I told him.Patty pulled herself up and sat on the counter. “We go nowhere, Miss M,” she stated. “You’re one of us and it’s time you got that. If you’re depressed then so are we. If you drink then so will we.”
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