Chapter 144

Returning to a life of normalcy was likely the hardest part after the battle. Some of us chose to diverge because we could not bear to glimpse at where lives were lost, and others tried their hardest to move on. Like me. Like Liam and I and the rest of our pack. Going back to high school proved to be one of the most difficult tasks -- they we were, outsiders once again assimilating ourselves into a societal norm. Needless to say, we maintained few human friends and stuck close to one another; as Stella, Adam, and Jeremy had chosen to go back, while Liam had chosen not to return to school, and instead procured his GED. He ended up taking some wood working classes at a technical school while I entered senior year quite belatedly, and I spread myself quite thin between leading a pack and school work. It paid off when I graduated with a 3.7, and succeeded into getting into an art program at a local university. My dreams of New York and glamorous art g