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“I never went back to find the pack. I believed they would blame me for what happened to Lilah,” Mija said sadly, staring into her empty bowl.
“She brought that upon herself,” Damon said. “But yes, I suppose it would have been hard to prove that.”
“How did you end up here, though?” Charlotte asked. “If you had nothing... I mean, I can't imagine.”
“It was hard. My English was terrible, and people did not want me around. But that was another town. This place, I found after I had worked for a few years in a factory. Here I picked up art. The people are calm and love things that come from nature.”
“It's an interesting little town,” Damon agreed. “Tucked away from tourists for the most part. It seems they come here for the woods.”
“Yes. There are waterfalls that can be hiked too, so we
