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Shiela always knew that coming back would be difficult. She had known this for a long time now, and she had always told herself that it wouldn't be as hard as her gut told her it would be.
But as she stood on the threshold of Alpha Clark's territory, she couldn't help but feel weighed down by her nerves. She waited there, beneath the familiar acorn tree she had always come to when she was much younger. This had been her home, and the place where she had first discovered herself. And now, she was returning as an outsider.
The other times she had been here didn't count. None of them did. Back then, she came here on Oberon's orders, to fulfil his own wishes and do everything he told her to do. But now, she was returning for herself. No more trickery, or dark magic. She had lost all the
