One week later, Luna is 29 months old, Alice is 25 months old.Sarah appeared at the Pack House gates on a cold Thursday morning.I got the call from Border Patrol at eight AM. "Alpha, we have Sarah Reed requesting entry. She's alone, unarmed, and looks terrible. What do you want us to do?"My stomach dropped. "Escort her to a medical clinic. I'll meet you there."I found Luna feeding Alice breakfast. "Sarah's here."Luna's hands stilled. "Here as in Pack House here?""Border Patrol is bringing her to the medical clinic now." I watched Alice demolish pancakes, oblivious. "She asked to come. They didn't say why.""Does Alice need to know?" Luna's voice was careful."Not yet. Let's see what Sarah wants first." I touched Luna's shoulder. "Can you keep Alice occupied?""Yeah. We'll stay away from medical." Luna wiped Alice's syrupy face. "Come on, grabby. Let's go practice shields outside.""Shields!" Alice cheered, scrambling down.Sarah looked worse than I'd imagined. Gaunt, hollow-eyed
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