Can she fit in?

I sat on the edge of my bed, staring blankly out the small window of the room I was staying at Derek’s house,The city lights flickered like stars, but there was nothing beautiful about them. The constant hum of traffic, the voices of people outside, the fast pace of it all—it was overwhelming. I thought living here would be different, freeing even, but instead, I felt like a caged bird, unable to stretch its wings.

Blending in with humans was harder than I’d imagined. I thought since I barely shifted, I could slip into their world unnoticed. But I was wrong. Raised in the pack, I knew little of human customs and how they worked. My attempts at blending in felt awkward, almost embarrassing. The last time I’d even shifted into my wolf form was when I was eighteen. Zayn used to say I couldn’t survive in the big city, that it wasn’t a place for someone like me. I had hated how he belittled me, making it sound like I was incapable, but now... I wondered if he had been right.

The worst part