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Penelope sighed as she trudged behind the guards assigned to follow her everywhere. She felt like a prisoner in her own home, constantly being watched and monitored. Today, they were in the Packhouse for a Pack meeting and her father had forced her to come along, claiming that she needed to learn how to conduct herself in important gatherings such as this.

Penelope was filled with frustration and anger at her current situation. She felt like her freedom had been taken away and she was just a pawn in her father's game. She longed to escape the suffocating presence of the guards, but she knew that grumbling and complaining would be useless.

As they entered the room where the Pack meeting was taking place, Penelope felt overwhelmed by the amount of people in the room. It was composed by a few werewolf Alphas, all talking and shouting amongst themselves. She spotted her father, Uther, on the seat at the edge of the table at the front of the room, and she made her way towards him, closely f