Carmen moping and being weird and distant these past days was starting to really bother me. I guess she needed some ‘her’ time to pull herself back together and process all that’s happened these few weeks. We all have. Working on the manor, and the valley simultaneously. Overseeing, organizing, and repairing bonds with our fractured pack has been cathartic, but emotionally exhausting. It’s only been a week since the battle that night, but it feels like we have achieved the work of a month.

“About time too, Chica. I know you can’t outrun the imprint, but I’m glad you are seemingly back to being the cold and haughty biatch I...