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Bri

Dominic and I spent the rest of the week together. We both agreed for now, at least, it was just going to be us. My brother wished we would join the pack but understood our decision. Dominic hadn't ever had a good experience with a pack, and I wasn't raised in the pack. We were both used to living life on our terms. And that was how we planned to live. We promised to stay and finish school, and I had plans to go to the nearest college to be an art teacher. That didn't change. So, for now, the town would stay as unclaimed territory while the pack took over the surrounding lands. To my disappointment, the humans dropped the charges on Cody, letting him go. They said it was his word against mine. And since Dominic wasn't seen at the time of the incident, his statement was thrown out as hearsay. Along with that, the people I knew as my parents disappeared. Once Blake ended the contract with them, it was as though they didn't care anymore. I think this hurt more than anything. It was l