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The days flew by and Christmas had arrived. Werewolves do celebrate, even though they aren't Christian. It is a chance to eat and be with family, plus it helps them fit in with the humans.With such a large Pack, there were a few things different. Christmas morning and the big lunch meal was held by the families. In the late afternoon, the whole Pack would gather around the big tree in the dining room for "grazing, gaming and shaming" time.The 'grazing' was when every adult or mated pair brought an appetizer and a dessert, and placed them on a long table; over the course of the night, people would take a plate and walk down the line, snacking on their favorites. 'Gaming' time was just that, there were tournaments for Bridge, Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit on one side, while computer gaming setups on the other had tournaments in Mario Kart, Madden 15 and Halo. And 'shaming'? Well, that was the focus of the Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest. Everyone attended in their worst sweaters, hoping
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Richard Darling was the best find. A semi-retired country lawyer, he was excited by the prospect of using his experience to get justice for me. His mate Doris planned to join him. Alpha Roman Peters of the LaCrosse pack even offered to pay his salary, but I told him that money was the least of my problems. They were going to pack up and head my way in two weeks, and I needed to get a home ready for them.I also got lucky when Nadine Andersen volunteered. She was a member of the Rochester pack, and made her living as a Private Investigator. She was young, only twenty-six, and had been a police officer in Rockford, Illinois before meeting her mate and moving to his pack. Sadly, he had been killed by a drunk driver when she was pregnant with their daughter. She was looking forward to the change in scenery, and Marge assured her we could take care of Natalie while she was working. The great part about her was her experience in tracking down information through social media and other sourc
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Marge pulled into the driveway and I got out, only to be embraced immediately by Carol and then Al. "Welcome to our Pack, Ella. We're so glad you could visit." I could see Carol's happiness, she almost glowed as she looked at her true mate.It went better than I thought. The mother of one of the lost warriors came up and hugged me at dinner; she thanked me for bringing part of her son back to her. I told her that despite what we told the Alphas, we had sent the men off to Luna with the funeral prayers. I just regretted that we didn't collect the ashes.We talked with the Alphas and the pack leaders about many of the same things, but there were a few questions I asked her in private that were different. "I met my true mate, Carol.""That's amazing! Where is he?""I don't even know his name." I talked through our first meeting when our cars were attacked, and described the wolf that stopped in detail."Ermagerd..." She was shaking her head. "I can't believe it.""What? Do you know him?"
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Finally, as we ate cake, Tom had enough. "I know you two didn't call me home for lunch just to talk about color schemes for the nursery. Now, out with it. What's going on?"I smiled, and out of my pocket I pulled a pair of knit white booties and set them on the table between us. Shelley was about to say something when Mark pulled another pair out of his pocket and set them next to mine.Tom's jaw dropped. "Does this...""We're having twins." I pushed the ultrasound photo across the table to them as Shelley screamed.***********Things calmed down a little after the birth announcements, but there were a lot of things still happening. The office was fitted out with all the equipment that had arrived, and Marge and Mabel were working on populating the walls with the people and their information. Tom had located an office space and I had leased it under the name of the shell company we had formed, and we were actively looking for a manager to get it started up. I still had high school stu
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I laughed. "You already have stuff to do!""Please. We're used to taking care of a full family and Pack functions, and all we have is you now. We will only be able to clean the guest bathroom so often, you know. Besides, we're your Pack, we are here to support you. Remember that those bastards took us hostage, threatened our lives, killed our Beta. We want revenge just as much as you do." I hadn't thought about it that way, but they were right. "What can we do?"I thought about it for a while. "I'm going to order a bunch of supplies- cork boards, white boards, and a photo printer. The first thing I need to do is start putting together a roster of all three Packs with all the information we can obtain. We can use one wall of the office for each. I want to know as much as we can- names, families, jobs, ranks, friends. I also want to tie in any relatives or close friends outside their Packs; we might be able to use those to get more information, even as leverage. We've got a lot of work
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He put his fingers to his nose, pinching it as he thought. "I'd advise you to get a different lawyer if you go that way. Preferably someone with a Pack background, you'll be dealing with both human and werewolf law, potentially.""I understand. Put about a million into the new business as startup capital, no leases longer than a year. I'll advertise for a manager first and let him hire his team. I want this company up and running by spring.""All right, you're the boss here. Just stay safe, Ella. Make sure you hide your involvement in all this, they need to see it as a run of bad luck not an attack, or they'll come after you hard.""Damn right. I don't want them to know who is behind this until they are on their knees before me."*********"I can't believe you're tossing me aside like this." Mark had tears in his eyes as we sat in the back booth at Mel's Diner. Telling him had been as heart-wrenching as I had thought, maybe more."I'm just so conflicted right now, Mark. I can't move f
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