Chapter 38

"We're going to the lake, do you want to come?" Jackson asks, planting a large rucksack on the counter.

"Yeah, sounds fun." I agree, having not been on the pack land exploring yet.

'Do you want to come to the lake with us?' I ask Hardin, deciding to just communicate telepathically.

'I have to train the teens, maybe another time?' He responds.

Helping Jackson fit the water bottles into his bag, I hand him a tub of sandwiches from last night.

"I actually have a few things to do, it completely slipped my mind." I tell him.

"Oh, can it not wait?" Jackson frowns.

"It can't, I'll come next time, have fun!" I smile, already exiting the kitchen. Jackson is stubborn, if I stick around he'll convince me to go with him.

I head upstairs to change my clothes before making my way outside.

"What are you doing?" Hardin furrows his eyebrows slightly in confusion as I approach him.

"I wasn't going to have fun without you." I say, joining him at the front of the crowd of teenage wolves.

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