[Austin] Gemma hadn’t badgered me into coming to the baby shower. She asked if I wanted to and left it up to me. I liked that. She was letting me know what she wanted and accepting my answers. I tried to be more confident in order to grow properly. It was what Carmen’s seer friend told me on one of her visits. She told me I had a strong sense of self-preservation and that I needed to trust myself and not second guess it. Even though the idea of joining a pack was still a ways off for me, I wasn’t scared of being around Carmen and Gemma’s pack. I’d met several members and none of them seemed like bad people. None of them made me feel like I was in danger. It only seemed right that I give this to Gemma. She wanted to have me there for an event with people she saw as family. I would do

