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I was emptying the last of the drawer out into my suitcase when someone knocked on the door. I opened it up to find Remi there; her eyes widened when she saw what was on the bed. I quickly gave her a hug, careful of her arm which was still in a sling. "Oh my, come in Aunt Remi! Are you feeling better?" I felt a little guilty as I had been avoiding the dining hall since the attack, staying mostly in my room. As a result, I hadn't seen her since we were both in the clinic."I'm fine, just a few more days of healing left." She walked over to the bed and sat down while I stood at the door. I felt like I was caught trying to sneak out of my house, which, well... basically yeah, that's what I was planning to do. I was going to leave a note and sneak off. "What's going on, Ella?"I slowly walked over and sat on the bed next to her. "You've talked to Doug about what happened with the attack, right?" She nodded. "I feel horrible about it. Because of me, Darryl is dead, you were almost killed a

I made a new appointment with the hand surgeon for the coming Friday, and we put our plan into place. I handed the keys to my truck over to one of the Pack warriors, and he pulled it up to the front of the Pack house while I watched from my room. One of the female warriors had been in my room for the past two hours, having her hair dyed and styled to match mine and wearing my clothes. The resemblance was good enough to fool people who didn't have a long look, especially behind the tinted glass of the back seat as she got in.The truck was followed by a panel van filled with another eight warriors, and every one of the people in the two vehicles was heavily armed. They were on high alert as they left the Pack lands; the last attack had included ten wolves and a human, and if they were to try again it might be more. The human involved knew nothing of werewolves; he was a member of a motorcycle gang in Denver and had been recruited to play a part.For a price I paid, he spilled the beans

Thanksgiving arrived, and I joined the ladies early in the huge Pack kitchen. We spent the morning preparing the food, which was another informal competition over cooking. I laughed along with them as we prepared our dishes, the conversation was ribald. The older females teased me about my "booty call" with Mark, and others touched my belly hoping my fertility would rub off. I gave as good as I got, but I wasn't embarrassed much. Werewolf females had high sex drives, especially after mating, and they weren't shy. I just about snuck under the table when they started comparing favorite sex acts and positions.I got my turkeys in one of the many ovens and then joined some of the Pack members in the dining room for bagels and cream cheese before returning to the kitchen to clean up. I was just finishing when there was a loud roar from the dining room. I looked out, wolves were parting like Moses at the Red Sea. A man moved forward through them, nose high, and yelling "MATE!" at the top of

The tears didn't stop until I fell asleep on the couch. I woke up the next morning in my bed, with the winter sun shining bright into my eyes. It had snowed overnight, a few inches of fluffy powder covering everything. I went into my bathroom and got ready for the day.Looking around my room, it seemed like years since I had been here. I was a completely different person than the happy teen who had been looking for a college. All those plans were gone. I tore the band posters and girly decorations off the wall and put them in my trash. That girl didn't exist, a woman was here now.The smell of bacon filled the kitchen as I walked in. Remi was at the table, eating and checking the news on her laptop. Mabel was cooking, and Marge had already eaten and was starting to clean the living room. "Good morning," I said to them all."What's your plan for today, Ella?" Remi looked up at me, I could see the relief in her eyes that I seemed to be doing better."I want to go through the master bedr

"I talked to the Pack doctor about this. I have no wolf, so no means to recognize my mate if he walked up to me tomorrow. My scent has changed, so his wolf might not recognize me, and in any case there is no wolf to bond to. He said there is no known case like mine where the person has found their mate later." I looked down at our hands. "I'm human now, I will fall in love and be with someone just like every other human. I've loved your son for years, but I couldn't act on it. Honestly, I don't deserve him. He's been there for me even when I've pushed him away.""Where will you live," Tom asked."I'm moving back to our house, I've actually been there with Aunt Remi, Marge and Mabel for a few days now getting things organized. You know my finances, I can do anything I want, but this is home. I still need to finish school and Mark still has his college. We can live there for now.""Good, because I don't want to lose my baby so fast, and I want to be able to help with my grandchild." I s