TERESA

I couldn't stop thinking about the care Keller and Bennett showed me when I got back to my room.

It was everything I desired and I prayed silently that it lasted for a long while.

For hours after we came back from walking around the pack, I stood in one spot replaying Keller’s words, Bennett’s warmth and their promises to keep me safe but the weight of Old Brock's command didn’t lift.

It sat heavy on me and it was a chain I could not shake off. And so, when ...