SELENE’S POV
The first thing I noticed about Lucas’ pack when I got here was how loud it was.Not in the way Dante’s pack had been not with structure or purpose or the steady rhythm of drills and patrols but loud with chaos. Voices overlapped. Wolves argued openly. Laughter broke out in places it didn’t belong, sharp and reckless. There was movement everywhere, but none of it felt coordinated.
Still, I told myself this was just different. Not wrong.
Different.
I wanted to learn their ways. I needed to. If this was going to be my new home, I couldn’t remain an outsider forever. I couldn’t keep hiding behind Lucas’ shadow like a fragile thing he’d brought back from the edge of the world. So when I woke that morning, I dressed quickly and stepped outside before Lucas could stop me.
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