Pack
"Jumping right into it, are you? Fair enough. I guess there's no hiding anymore what we are. A pack is what we call a group of Lycans who live together under the rule of an alpha."
"So, what, you share a house, and one guy makes up the rules?"
A chuckle rumbled forth. "Not quite, baby. We tend to live on compounds, fairly self-sufficient ones, where we use solar energy and wind to create electricity, draw our water from wells, and where each family has its own house."
"Like the Amish," she supplied, trying to picture in her mind what exactly she'd encounter.