The Pack's Secret Keeper
A little girl in the queue at the coffee shop tugged on her embarrassed mother’s top.
“Shh.”
“But…”
“Because,” Aislen said with a smile at the girl. “I like pretty dresses and lacey things, but they get so dirty if you wear them every day. Black means the dirt is not as visible.”
“Sorry,” the mother apologised.
“It’s fine,” Aislen replied, turning to take her turn at the counter. “A long, long coffee as black as my soul,” she told the clerk.
“I’m sorry,” the clerk looked appalled. Aislen recognized her as one of Lillian’s fellow cheerleaders, another werewolf, Diana Boyston. It was the family business, Aislen remembered. “Your money is no good here.”