Kelly
I don't know how to fully explain how I was feeling. I had so many emotions running through me. I had just learned that my mother died just days before we got home, and I had just witnessed my father take his last breath. They were both gone, forever. It almost didn't feel real. I hardly had time to process, and my father just made me queen. I was the new Western Werewolf Queen. Thousands of lives suddenly depended on me, and we were under attack. I felt energized by being handed the title, it literally gave me a new level of strength and authority. But I also felt like I couldn't breathe. I call the shots now. Anything I said or did from here on out...mattered. So many emotions...grief, anger, pride, determination, numbness, fear.
I picked myself up off the floor and kissed my fa
