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Tanya added, “During that attack when people were wounded and crying and panicking, we felt like our world was crashing down. But you took control, and because of your leadership and the Wargs you brought with you, you saved a lot of people. We saw how much you cared about this pack, even though it’s full of people who had mistreated you all your life. There was so much blood and chaos, but it didn’t stop you, Bryn. And seeing you in that light…it changed everything.”

I stared at them again, but this time because I was stunned by their words.

Taking my silence as encouragement, Tanya said, “Trish tried to go back to being a bitch after things started to calm down, but we didn’t feel right about that. We stopped going along with her games, and she stopped hanging out with us.”

“We don’t miss her,” Tara said, anger flashing in her dark brown eyes. “We don’t want to be the people we were before.”

Tanya nodded in agreement.

Some of the rigidity left my posture as their words bounced aroun