The Royal Blood of the Lycan Princess

my bed. For a moment, I lay still, savoring the calm that filled my small, familiar room. Life here in the p

called out from downsta

t the bottom of the stairs. My mom was always one for routines - breakfast at 7, chores done by noon, and dinner on the table by six. It wa

mom standing at the stove. Her auburn hair was tied back, a few stray curls escaping

to sleep all day," she teased, pu

shot back, grabbing the s

ing. He was only seven, still that awkward mix of limbs and untamed energy, with an infe

greeted, rufflin

tle ball of innocence, completely in his own world. Even as the world changed around us, our small pack e

or today, Amelia?" Mom aske

i at the river," I said,

clothes this time. I swear, last week, you looked like you'

eepishly. "N

-

ds of birds filling the forest around me. Bea was already there when I arrived, skipping stones across the

you long enoug

out of Finn's hands first,

s. I swear, you're his favorite pers

th a smile, feeling that familiar warmth. Finn and I might arg

d and grinning at us. Levi was a bit of a wild card - tall, strong, and always seeming t

adies. Ready to

m all away like last time,"

as helping them, setting them

ly, the way they'd always been there, through thick and thin. In this moment, there wasn't a

more exaggerated than the last. Bea recounted the time she'd supposedly outrun a wolf on a dare, and Levi

Bea said, catching me off

"Just... this," I said softly. "It's perfect. You guys, my famil

all your daydreams, I think you're t

ment. She was right. To me, this pac