As I enter the cramped office struggling for space, a flow of cheerful conversation fills my ears and breaks me from my constraining thoughts. I sense the shared presence of burning curiosity dusted within the air as the requested pack members await an explanation for being summoned here so urgently. As the door closes behind me, I take in an unsteady breath while I brace myself to open up to those closest to me. I turn around slowly, gulping down the gathering spit building at the back of my throat while the waiting audience settles down. Then, as I meet their welcoming smiles with a forced reflection of their own, their grins swiftly fade as if they had been snatched away by the growing worry weighing on them gravely. Will they believe me?
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