Jenny and Hannah sat quietly on either side of her, sipping hot tea. The delicate cup was warm against her chilled palms, and her hair still hung in damp tendrils down her back. Her new friends didn’t talk but they didn’t need to. She liked that they sensed what she wanted and right now, she was lost to her churning thoughts. How was she supposed to feel about all of this? “Where did Daria take them?” Hannah asked quietly. “I don’t know. She just said I couldn’t be around Brody right now. And Chase looked so bad…” “They’ll be okay,” Jenny cooed. “Dominant bears do this kind of stuff all the time. It’s just how they’re wired.” “Yeah, you should’ve seen Jenny and Riker go at it over me,” Hannah said. “I thought they’d kill each other, but it’s just the way some of them deal with stress.” The front door opened and Brody stepped through, shaking out his hair like a wet dog.
