“HAVEN’T YOU MISSED it at all?” Reid’s voice startled me out of my reverie. I’d been staring out the truck window, watching the skyscrapers turn into suburbs as we reached the edge of the city, before finally giving way to open farmland. I turned to him. “Missed what?” I said, though I already knew. His hands flexed on the steering wheel. His eyes were fixed on the open road. “Home. The pack.” Of course. Before I came here, it was all I’d ever known. “Not so much anymore,” I said. I pulled the sleeves of my sweater down over my hands and hugged myself. “Feels like a long time ago.” It wasn’t a total lie. It did feel like a long time ago. I had found new people to protect in the city; in some ways, they had almost become my new pack. He glanced at me. “You cold?” I shook my head. “

