The weeks were long following his acceptance back into the pack. If he wasn’t dealing with the angry stares and nips of the others, Lucas was having to do all the rotten jobs that no one really wanted to do. At times literally, as he was occasionally seen lugging the cafeteria’s trash out to the dumpster. It wasn’t pleasant but it did make him seem harmless for the moment. Now all he had to do was grin and bear it until he could get close to Tallow.

It was a dangerous game he was ...