RILEY I thought about it for four hours. That's how long it took me to go from *I'll think about it* to sitting on the floor of bay two at eleven-fifteen at night making a list on the back of a parts invoice because I'd run out of space in my head and needed to externalize the problem. The list, as it stood: Reasons to go to the pack council meeting: 1. They're going to make decisions about us whether we're there or not. 2. Reyes came here, which means she thinks my presence matters. 3. Knox needs me there. (He hasn't said this. He won't say this. It is nonetheless true.) 4. The twins need this to be resolved. 5. I have spent five years managing situations I didn't ask for. I'm good at it. Reasons not to go: 1. Every room full of wolves that gets to decide what category I belong

