#Chapter 58 Lost in Lore

MIra It had been a week since Irene’s sentencing, and I was back at the hospital. I wasn’t avoiding it, exactly, but I did take advantage of the “family in hiding” motif and give myself more days to myself than I might usually. Earlier in my life and in my career, I spent all the time I could in the hospital or a clinic somewhere. I had made friends with a midwife so I could accompany her on house calls to assist in deliveries. I kept myself busy, occupied. That way I was never alone with my thoughts. Now, there were so many other things that were pulling me away from that routine. I enjoyed downtime, reading for pleasure on top of my research. I found more time to run and explore the wooded trails and commune with Nature, searching my spirit for echoes of the wolf that I had lost. I was also finding more time to spend with Dominic, even just simply sharing space together. The Pack gossip was still rampant after all the drama within the Alpha family, so when we did