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"It's not," Isla says. "It's just hard, it requires actually examining your motives, admitting your flaws, changing your behavior. Most people aren't willing to do that work."

"Are you?" I ask, curious despite my misery.

"I'm working on it," Isla says honestly. "I enabled a lot of your behavior with Penelope. I knew you were manipulating her but didn't speak up because I didn't want a pack drama. That makes me complicit."

"You're speaking up now," I point out.

"Because she's gone and ...