“I don’t know, Ki,” Alex said, giggling over her cereal bowl. “You do realize, I didn’t grow up with the pack either.”

“I know,” I said, placing my own cereal bowl into the sink. “But your mom and dad did.”

Alex slept over. By the time we had finished making up, it was too late for her to drive back to campus and we were both exhausted.

“You should ask them all your questions,” she said, getting up from her seat and following my ...