Real Pain

The pain was so much even when Alex slept, she was in it, but she was oblivious to everything that was going on around her.

Gabe had called together everyone because he knew they had to be here for her like she was for him. They needed to stand by her during this transition.

Her wolf was near, but something else was happening, something only his wolf could smell. She was in heat, and she was in pain as well.

Their transition wouldn't normally take that long, but this was happening because her wolf had been laying docile for more than two decades. She would have to find her way out in her own way.

Singing, he removed the wet towel he placed on her forehead; a towel that was now hot because of how she was burning from a fever, and he put it into the bowl of water beside him, let it soak in for a few seconds before placing it back on her forehead.

“What do you think we should do, grandma?” he asked because he was just confused. He had never had to face a case like this before, and h