Dinner the following three nights remain uneventful but stressful. The Gammas and Betas join us every time and I can tell there are rising tensions in the group. I keep my head down and eat while they are put through their paces by Alpha Roman. Questions and piercing gazes fly across the table and I'm just glad it's not me getting his attention. I remind myself that for every stressful dinner, I'm one step closer to my time of escape. It's set for two nights from now and I'm nervous, but I can't wait at the same time. I plan to spend the next two days finishing up as much of the planning as I can for the Christmas celebrations. I would feel horrible if I left the pack with no plans in place for the holidays. The kids of this pack don't deserve that. Chloe's been great and doing the major

