Elena
The days blurred together after the funeral.
Alexei and Alice helped me with the house. We had it cleaned out by the end of the week. Organized by the next, and Alexei did some small repairs the one following.
It was that third week that I found the entrance to the tunnel leading out of the pack.
Eira is the one who technically found it, deep down in a gully, somewhere I wouldn't have risked traveling in human form. We followed it all the way, landing in another forest not far from a large city, perfect for getting lost among all the other bodies.
But even though I found what I had been searching for months for, I found myself curled up in Warren's recliner with Evangeline's favorite cup, watching the snow start to stick to the grass as I sipped my warm tea. A light dusting,
