ALEXEI The hallways felt endless, stretching before me like a maze I couldn’t escape. My footsteps echoed in the silence, each one louder than the last. I wanted to run, to slam a door, to drown out everything that had happened this morning. But instead, I just walked. The weight of my thoughts pressed down on me, suffocating. I couldn’t think straight, not with them all still here, playing their game. *I don’t know why I still care.* My father was the only reason I stayed at the pack. He wasn't as bad as Mya were making him to be. Mya and Freya were both snakes and pretenders. I am laying cool because for some reasons My fingers brushed the walls as I walked, the stone cool beneath my touch, but it didn’t bring me any relief. The walls weren’t my refuge. My room should ha

