Chapter 261

• Carmen moping and being weird and distant these past few days was starting to bother me. I guess she needed some ‘her’ time to pull herself back together and process all that’s happened these few weeks. We all have. Working on the manor and the valley simultaneously. Overseeing, organizing, and repairing bonds with our fractured pack has been cathartic but emotionally exhausting. It’s only been a week since the night battle, but it feels like we have achieved a month's work.
• “About time too, Chica. I know you can’t outrun the imprint, but I’m glad you are seemingly back to being the cold and arrogant biatch I used to love to hate.” Meadow flicks her in the forehead with precision, swings her clipboard up, and bops her on the head with it softly before swaggering off with a naughty smile. Knowing sticking around will get some physical retaliation now Carmen is no longer afraid to put Meds in her place.
• “I still loathe her.” Carmen snorts and crosses her arms across her chest sulkily. I laugh at both, knowing that’s the furthest from the truth it could be. They have a love-hate relationship that’s warm underneath, and I know either one would sacrifice themselves to save the other. Neither can admit they are sisters now and friends. Denial is what I expect for the rest of their lives.