After leaving Wes, I decided that it was time to see what my new pack was like. I linked Milo, asking for a tour, and he said he’d meet me in front of the packhouse in fifteen minutes. Nico and Sam had been giving me space, which I didn’t necessarily mind. Honestly, I’ve been incredibly overwhelmed since coming back here. The weight of everything that has happened recently is finally crushing me. My mind is constantly preoccupied with everything that happened during the Eradication, what life was like prior, and what life is going to look like now that I’m home. I knew that there was no way things would ever return to the way they were before, but I wondered how much could truly change.... Now that I’m free of the shackles that Colson unknowingly used to hold me back, I feel a mixture

