Lacey I decided to skip dinner after getting off the phone with my boss. I still have seven more days of paid vacation time left as I never take it anyway. After Victoria died, I distanced myself from my pack. I had already gone through so much with Harry and then losing Victoria in such a terrible way, I didn’t want to be around it anymore. Abe took his son and left the pack once everything calmed down after she died too. Our Alpha understood my reasons. I was still a pack member; I just lived outside the pack. I found a typical, simple job in a human city and settled myself there, completely prepared to be by myself for the rest of my life. I spent time with my family occasionally but not as much as I used to. After Harry passed, the world lost color. I stopped enjoying things and wan