A Raven And Her Wolves

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a frown taking over her face. "Well

ing like large splinters. It's a perfect square, two small windows on each side

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a personal size fridge, one-sided sink, and

and a few younger ones who had issues with standard style

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s a bunch of punks at the high sch

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sigh, Ms. Vega s

ned me behind her as she walks u

or sure she'd flip, try to beat my ass or let her flavor of the week do it, as she always has when I'd get suspended or kicked out of places. She knew if social services stepped in it meant no more welfare for her,

ile on her face. The worst that would happen if she was reported would be a few days in jail, and that meant nothing to her, they already knew her well. According to my mom, it's almo

rself a new supplier, be it a new dealer willing to t

cking

oman with deep wrinkles and dark frizzy hair. Her tone isn't

ping forward to shake the woman's hand. "Ms. Maybell, thi

y way, the roughness f

ourney, huh, Raven

's

'd say it looked genuine. And hell, maybe it is, an

but ... are there still people who ch

ean funny business will be any easier for you. Not sure if you were told, but this is a girls only home, the boys are there." She points across the lot to another white house about two court spaces away. "There's no drug

ay to the door, pausing

and

shoulder with a

ing set there but beyond that, the dirt road? It's not for w

hes against them make up the room, a single TV hanging high in one corner and bolted into the wall – preventing it fro

mumble to myself, jumping slightl

school as part of some poor kid program. It's quite a place. Nothing but a bunch of ritzy privileged assholes with the exception of us few fuck-ups, and a handful of others from the low-income housing track down the road. But it's not divided like you'd thin

like a n

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g up on us?" She shakes her head. "They're smarter than that. They offer us

e buy into

hin frame from head to toe. "You'll unde