“Alright, we have our teacher working on a simple overview lesson on our history. She says that it should be ready by morning, and she’ll deliver it to the guests in the morning when it’s time. I have a list of various positions with the pack that most humans wouldn’t be familiar with. This will include a brief job description. It’s so difficult to define a specific duty to one particular position, though.” Jon turned from his laptop and looked over his desk at his mate sitting there with her phone in her hand. He didn’t know how she coped with using such a small screen, but she did. “No, it’s not. You’re just looking at it from the inside and not the outside. Yes, some duties bleed over, but there’s a hierarchy and you need to keep that in mind when you’re writing. If anyone asks why there’s so much bleed through of duties, just explain it’s because of various reasons.” She didn’t even look up as she spoke to him. Her eyes and fingers didn’t stop working. She was ma

Rob dragged himself from his bed when the alarms went off and his phone blew up with messages. “Now what’s wrong?” Becky sat up on her elbow and looked blurry eyed at Rob. “Are we being attacked again? They accounted for all the Lycan, hadn’t they?” “Yes, but this time it’s not the Lycan. There’s a breach in our southern border. It looks like it’s the rogues Bart came here chasing. “Looks like our afternoon nap will have to become an evening nap. I need to deal with this.” “I guess we’re all going back to the room in the basement?” Becky sighed as she made to get out of the bed. She didn’t look forward to going down there and listening to all the complaints. Sure, she understood now it was her job as Rob’s mate to deal with the complaints, but some of them were just foolish and petty. Becky wasn’t sure what they thought those complaints would achieve at this point. “No, it’s far enough away and there can’t be that many. I just need to be th

Sure enough, the time Rob dreaded was here. The humans were at the gate, and it was as uncomfortable as he expected it to be. Enforcers greeted them at the gate and escorted them in to the packhouse where he and his command staff. Jane Ann and Jon did a great job of getting a variety of pack members involved in taking small groups about showing the humans how they lived, and describing how they worked together as a community. They’d grouped up the different interests of the humans so that they saw exactly what would interest them the most. Like medical professionals visiting the healing centre. Then learning about how they combined science and different types of magic to deal with medical issues. Law enforcement met with enforcers and talked shop while learning about different procedures for dealing with certain types of supernatural crimes and perpetrators. Which led Rob to explain why their jail was so full of young wolves. They’d been br

Bart’s life took a turn the day after the first humans went through Rob’s territory. He’d been put on the spot several times when he was asked, as the leader of the Lycans, would they run their pack the same way? Or how do the Lycans feel about this or that? It was one question after another that he couldn’t answer. It was a very humbling experience, and it enlightened him on how much he didn’t know about his future people or their needs. Now he was touring the cleanup of the town. They removed the innocent families of the human employees from their homes. Sadly, they couldn’t stay. There were no jobs for them, and it was awkward for them when they entered the town. Many felt guilty about what their family members took part in. Others were angry. The Ruling Council paid them handsomely to leave. They could relocate wherever they wanted, and many returned to places where they had family. Hectric had done nothing to foster true loyalty in their staff or the families of th

“It’s not a wedding ceremony. There’s no handing off the bride like you’re loaning out or giving away an unwanted hunting dog.” Becky, Jane Ann, Jon, and Rob sat at a dining table, and they’d just started working out the plans for a joint mating ceremony. “Wow. That’s a new way to look at a wedding ceremony.” Jane Ann couldn’t believe what she was hearing. “Historically speaking, they were using a religious blessing to make it okay to pass a woman from one man to another as an object. Though when humans talk about things like this, they use cattle instead of hunting dogs. It’s weird sounding, but true.” Becky had been after all married before and her father had given her away. “I understand how the hand off at the beginning of the ceremony is representative of handing over an object rather than a human being. They could be anything really at that point. Heck, it’s called giving the bride away and my father said he was proud and honoured to do it back then.”