Seren
We pulled up outside the mall in human territory, and something inside my chest stalled.
I tipped my head back, back, back—and still couldn’t see where it ended. The building rose in layers like it was daring me to keep looking, daring me to understand it. Humans didn’t build small. They built things that swallowed you whole.
Inside, the space felt endless. Levels stacked on levels, stores bleeding into one another until numbers stopped meaning anything at all. I had a sudden, irrational certainty that if I stepped away from the car, I would never find it again. No wonder the parking lots were color-coded. Without them, you could disappear here, and no one would ever know where to start looking.
"I've never been outside of the pack before. There are so many people here."
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