JUSTIN
The doctor was already waiting by the time we arrived. The pack house was quiet, the air sizzling with tension. Kyle didn’t even speak as he stormed inside, carrying Valerie upstairs and laying her down on a bed that suddenly seemed far too big for her fragile form. The doctor moved in, his expression grim, and the rest of us were ushered out of the room.
In the hallway, the silence was oppressive. Kyle paced back and forth like a caged animal, his fists clenching and unclenching. Chris leaned against the wall, his head bowed, while Evans sat on the floor with his back to the door, staring at nothing. And me? I stood there, an outsider in their world, feeling every bit of it.
“Why are you still here?” Kyle’s voice cut through the silence like a blade. He turned to me, his eyes bl
