LEO Mel set me up in one of the guest rooms in the packhouse. It felt weird to be downstairs after living on the Alpha floor. These floors, omega floors, had communal bathrooms instead of en suites, but almost no one was currently staying in the packhouse. I fell onto the bed and crashed, skipping dinner that night. I didn’t bother unpacking anything from my bag because I knew I wouldn’t be at the packhouse long enough for it to matter. On paws, it had still taken me days to get back home. I’d stayed shifted for most of that time, stopping to clean up that morning before making the last leg of the trip home. I woke up in the middle of the night with a growling stomach. I was sure I could sleep for another whole day, but my body seemed to want food first. I groggily sat up, and my sens

