Veronica sat motionless in one spot for hours after she was thrown out of the pack. She remained there, hoping that by chance, or by any means possible, someone would magically walk up to her and say that, “Alas! We got you. It was all a joke, you can come back into the pack now.”

Or “it was a mistake and the Alpha wants you back in the pack.”

Even though she knew how impossible and highly unlikely it sounded, her imaginations were running wild and she chose to wait still.

After ...