DANIKA
After saying goodbye to my mom and sisters, we packed the trunk of our black Ford Escape. Dad was driving with Alpha Christian in the passenger seat and myself tucked away in the backseat. We had at least a five hour drive from our home in Salisbury, Maryland to where Mountain Woods was located in Deep Creek Lake. I knew my dad and Alpha Christian would likely talk business the whole trip, and while I loved learning more about how the pack operates in a day to day fashion, I needed some time to mentally prepare for what was going to happen when we reached our destination.
I popped in my wireless headphones and put my playlist on shuffle. This was one of the only ways I knew of that I could escape my current situation. Closing my eyes, I let the music transport me away from being i
