The Pack and Me

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more than I have been able to get you to say all night and he got you to smile and talk, all he did was write like two notes and drew you a picture. Did he even sign it? how did you know it was from him?"

Ember smiled and showed her the back of the first note. Alice was confused so Ember said, "when he first got to my town, he made a couple guys back off after they knocked my stuff out of my hands, he helped me pick it up but I ran off leaving behind a picture I drew, he tried to give it back by folding it up and laying it on my desk. When I ignored it, he wrote this on it and tried to give it back to me. He did eventually get me to take it, unfortunately it was in front of the teacher who gave it to my mom who ripped it up." Ember walked over to her bag and pulled out the envelope Gray had put the letter telling Ember he was leaving in with the pictures and said, "when he left town, he sent me a note telling me he was leaving and sent my drawings back to me. he had picked them up that day and taped them back together." Ember showed her the pictures Alice smiled and said, "you drew these there so good. Why did your mom rip them up? didn't she like them?" Ember shrugged and said, "she didn't like who was in them. At the time I drew those I hadn't got my memories back yet and didn't remember they were shifters. I got them back after Demetrius took me for the first time. By then me and Koda were friends again and he had left town."

Ember walked over to the window and looked down and she could see Gray standing there. She saw Richey take the note from Gray and read it after Gray smiled. Ember got angry and said, "Alice, your dad has been reading my notes for Koda." Alice came over and looked out in time to see Richey reading it and giving it