Out of all the packs on the North American continent, they are the least conflict prone, mostly because their territory doesn’t abut the Vampyres’. They are, however, surrounded by various Human settlements, and while they don’t exactly cohost monthly block parties, I could find no indication that their borders have historically been as contentious as the ones between the Southwest and the Humans. The Northwest pack has perfected the art of, as Koen would put it, minding their goddamn business. And yet any mention of them induces brick-shitting. In Humans, and in their own kind. It’s the zero strike policy, Alex told me while I was staying at Misery’s. She and Lowe would frequently disappear to do newlywed things that, in my humble experience, should have taken no longer than fifteen min

