AIKO
People talk about culture shock, but no one warns you about outlet shock. Or refrigerator shock. Or the sheer terror of a metal box that transports you at speeds that should shatter your bones while blasting strange music about someone named Taylor and her ex-boyfriends.
Two days after meeting the Council of Elders and witnessing Maeve's dramatic entrance (honestly, even by Blood Realm standards, that woman knew how to make an entrance), I found myself standing in something called a "grocery store" with Eron and Nikita. The Wolf King's appearance had thrown everyone into preparation mode, and somehow I'd been assigned to "supply run" duty, which Eron insisted was "totally normal human stuff" that I should experience.
"You just... take whatever you want?" I whispered to Eron, watchi
