---Nate---
I drove Lucy back to the packlands. I’d never taken her here before, we’d always gone to either her place or out somewhere. She asked where I lived, but I’d always told her there was a ton going on and I lived practically on top of my family. She seemed to understand that I didn’t feel comfortable with throwing her into the lion's den quite yet.
On the way, I thought I would explain a few things though so it wasn’t quite as much of a shock. “So, Luce. You know how I told you that I wasn’t ready to have you over because I live in such close proximity to my family, right?”
“Yeah. So do you live with them then? How many people?” She asked, looking at me.
“A fair few. I live in a pretty close knit community of around 900 people. At our center, we have a large building that funct
