way back home. When I got to the house, I barely greeted Abbie and Jonathan and locked myself inside the attic room. The long walk didn’t help clear my mind though. It only made me realize how lonely I really was. I had the Blackthorns, I had my work buddies, but I could never tell them what happened, there was no one in my life I could share such a secret with, and it made me feel small, empty, and lost. I didn’t have a pack, and I didn’t know what it really meant to belong. In the darkness of my room, I wondered if Theresa had ever felt the same way I did. From the glimpses of her past, as scarce and distant as they were, she seemed like someone who got it together. She chased Adan in the damp shadow world where her father sent her to save her, and she got him despite his restraints. Whe
