☆☆LILA☆☆ The next morning, I adjusted my top carefully, trying to calm my nerves even though my stomach felt like it was being twisted into knots. I look around the room for any sign of Zio before seeing Nanny Rosa coming out of the kitchen with her apron on. “Where is Zio ?” I asked her as I adjusted the sleeves of my blouse. She paused for a minute. “He hasn’t come home yet,” she said finally, her voice laced with concern but she didn’t look at me, and that alone told me enough. Before I could ask her questions a knock sounded. She opened the door to find Theo waiting at the door “Ready?” His tone was flat, unreadable, but something about it said I didn’t have a choice. The ride to the pack house was longer than anything. I kept imagining what the place would look like, would

