Chapter 33 : Past Bonds

*Vanessa*

It’s the first pack meeting I’m attending since I’ve been in Ashborne.

Before this, I’d largely just attended the council meetings where all of the sector heads reported. But now, almost every member of Ashborne has congregated together in the square. Most of them are seated in front of the stone platform used as a rudimentary podium, others stand near the sidelines or beneath the shade of the buildings.

On the platform itself is Shawn, his face somber and pensive. Several Elders have taken their position opposite him, and I assume that they’re the ones who had the most dissent about my position in the pack. I’m seated between Aaron and Amara, and there’s something comforting about having them on either side of me.