Eighty-Eight

I am surprised when I venture down and outside the packhouse to find that there are pack members everywhere running around putting up decorations here and there. I move more out onto the porch and then sit down on the steps and just watch. I scan the yard in front of me and smile when I find Zachariah.

He is helping not only the males but some of the females and then he helps and plays with young ones as well. I absentmindedly move my hand down to my stomach, thinking that one day soon he will be helping and playing with our pup like that. I jump a little at the sound of Luna Mary's voice beside me.

"It is a sight, isn't it?"

"What is?"

"To see Zachariah so relaxed and just being himself for a change, instead of the Alpha everyone expects him to be..."

"Mary, can I ask you something?"

'Of course, my dear..."

"Were you human when you met Alpha Jasper?"

She smiles and looks at the other end of the yard. I follow her gaze and spot, Alpha Jasper, running around with some of the slightly o