I learned quite a bit from him, Mother and Father, and I was eager to bring that back to Midian. When I returned however, it was like a tale of two cities.
Midian was enjoying its first Midian Day celebration, City dwellers mingled for the first time, temporarily putting aside faction differences. It was a wonderfully funny display of characters, attractions, and fireworks.
The Pack was in a very different state of affairs.
Both the Alpha and Beta were missing, which led me to question who was in charge at this point.
Fluffy left a note and had disappeared as well.
Several other members were MIA.
And as I learned form Lily, Kaori had been mauled and taken somewhere.
What happened to my family?
I found all this out two days ago, and yesterday, despite being injured herself, Lily left determined to locate Kaori, who had protected her. I gave up trying to stop her. Lily could be very stubborn when her heart's into something.
It was not until a few hours later that I got her text.
She'd found Kaori, locked within an apartment. I had to shoot the hinges off, but we got her back to the den a quickly as we could. Though I didn't admit it then, I was happy for two reasons.
We found Kaori.
I would be able to put my new medical knowledge to use.
Mother, Father, you would have been proud. I'm sure I made some mistakes at first, but a dear friend's life was saved. And I look forward to saving many more.
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