155 Chapter 155

Seraphina’s POV 1

The apartment was a dump.

There was no other word for it. Peeling paint on the walls. A faucet that dripped constantly no matter how tight I turned it. A radiator

that clanged like someone was beating it with a hammer every few hours.

But it was mine. For now.

I sat on the threadbare couch I’d bought from a secondhand store, laptop balanced on my knees, scrolling through job listings that all

seemed to require experience I didn’t have. Or at least, experience I couldn’t explain.

*Administrative Assistant – 3 years experience required.*

*Receptionist – Must have verifiable employment history.*

*Data Entry Clerk – References from previous employers mandatory.*

How was I supposed to explain that my last job was as a high-level assistant to an Alpha werewolf who ran a supernatural business

empire? That I’d managed pack politics and territory negotiations and life-or-death situations on a daily basis?

I couldn’t. Which meant I was nobody. A woman with no work history, no references, no proof that I was capable of anything.

My phone buzzed. A text from Margaret.

*”How’s the job hunt going, sweetheart? Thinking of you!”*

I stared at the message for a long moment, my chest tight. Four days since I’d left their house.

*”Good! Had a few interviews.

call soon.”*

My laptop screen showed seventeen rejections in my email inbox. Seventeen polite “thank you for your interest” messages that all said

the same thing: *Not qualified. Not enough experience. Not what we’re looking for.*

I slammed the laptop shut and stood up, pacing the small living room like a caged animal. The walls felt like they were closing in.

*This is ridiculous,* I told myself firmly. *You’re being dramatic. Plenty of people start over. Plenty of people build new lives from

nothing.*

My phone rang. Unknown number.

“Hello?”

Sarah?” A woman’s voice, professional but friendly. “This is Jennifer from Marketing Solutions. We received

for the receptionist position.”

“Yes!

was hoping we could set up an interview for tomorrow morning. Would

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That would be

Just bring a copy of your resume and be prepared to discuss your experience

“Thank you so much for the

to meeting you,

I stared at my phone with something that might have

rest of the evening practicing answers to interview

*”Tell me about yourself.”*

in a new city”* True, even if it left out the

*”What’s your greatest weakness?”*

sometimes care

you see yourself

stable career and

was

be a sharp-eyed woman in her forties who asked all the

she said, scanning my carefully crafted resume. “Can

2018 and now?”

was… caring for family members,” I said, my palms sweating. “It required my full

primarily in…” She squinted at

handled scheduling, correspondence, conflict

“Conflict resolution?”

Customer complaints. That

a note on my resume. Not a good note, judging

you don’t have any references from this family

The… business closed.

Definitely

set down my resume with the kind of finality that meant bad news. “You seem like a lovely person, but

someone with more

quietly. “Thank you for

walked out of that office building feeling smaller than I had in years. On the street, people rushed past me like I was invisible.

guess, I was.

nobody in a city full of

interviews in four days. Seven rejections. Seven variations of “not qualified” and “not what we’re

the small grocery store three blocks from

noodles. Th

could find that

wouldn’t last forever. At this rate, it wouldn’t

lights in the store were harsh and buzzing, making everything look sickly yellow. I grabbed a basket

generic white bread when I felt it.

were picking up

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