When Kit finally made it to the pack house mostly everyone was gone with the exception of Gwen and Melik who were laughing over a glass of wine at the table; Lina, Santiago and Jamal who were watching what looked to be a comedy in the living room and Geraldine who sat in the sitting room reading a book. As soon as she saw Kit she slowly stood to her feet and gestured Kit to come over. Kit dropped her giant stuffed wolf on the table in the middle of the foyer and made her way over to Geraldine. Her skin felt sticky from sweating after completing her many missions in the training rooms with Henrique and walking home in the cool November weather; she needed a shower immediately, but she sat down with Geraldine anyway.
“Hey granny.” She greeted her warily. She felt as though she had heard a
