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Having my entire pack beneath the same roof was pretty amazing. I hadn’t felt that content since we’d moved from Sacramento. Maybe even since I was a little girl, before my dad died. It had taken some work getting everyone moved in, but by the time we were all ready to get some sleep, Joshua and Ben’s beds were situated in what used to be a dining room. We’d hung a curtain between them so they’d have some more privacy since the room was big enough for that, unlike their own room. Horace hadn’t been there when we’d gotten everything out, but if he had, I would’ve given him a little more of the same of what I’d given him before.

I woke up late the next morning, in my own bed--alone. I was wearing the same thing I’d had on when I’d gone to bed the night before, and for a moment, I thought maybe it had all been a lovely dream. Maybe I hadn’t gotten up in the middle of the night and gone outside with Sam.But my body told me otherwise. It wasn’t pain, exactly. More like a deep

“What the hell happened?” I screeched as I rushed into Grandma’s room to Sam’s side. Blood was beginning to gush out of his shoulder, his white T-shirt stained red in a matter of seconds. “I’m not exactly sure,” he said, his voice wavering. “But if you could stop it, that would be great.”

The forest spoke to me differently that day than she ever had before. I think it was because I’d finally started to listen in a way that let me know that the one voice of the forest was made up of several other voices, those that had come before me, as Sam had mentioned, those that had been a part of the forest before I even knew about the existence of magic, of shifters, of any of this.

I continued to stare at my pack members for a few minutes, waiting for someone to say something about my proposal that we add more wolves to the pack. When no one did, I finally said, “I guess you guys think it’s a bad idea?”There were a few glances exchanged among them, as if they were trying to decide who should speak up. I wasn’t surprised when