Oops! I Crashed the Alpha King’s Wedding. . .
Their songs about pack life and full moons always made me feel like I belonged somewhere, even if our real life was kinda crappy.
Me and Lucas shared a little joke before we said goodbye to our mom, Dottie. She was in the kitchen, stirring some soup that smelled like old vegetables. “You two behave out there,” she said, her voice tired but with a small smile. She worked two jobs just to keep the lights on, and her fur was starting to gray around the edges from all the stress. Lucas leaned in and whispered to me, “Hey, Hazel, what do you call a wolf who’s bad at hunting? A ‘howl’-failure!” I giggled, even though it was dumb. It was our thing—stupid jokes to lighten the mood. We hugged Mom tig