onsist of houses made of logs. We had to use solar energy since there were no human

ker's mouth lifted in a half-smile. I was expectin

hould be recognized as so. You d

right away. We usually do it a few days

ou bury them that night. Besides, you shouldn't have the mentality of waiting for m

to keep that in mind for when I become Alpha. Sounds reasonable enough, even

the help of my pack. I need to help prepare for tonig

services work and get to know the members o

kept the laughter from bubbling to say, "You referred t

He was cut off by Clayto and I felt our strange bonding moment fall away. Clayt

tting me know he understood before stepping away. "Parker, you can do as you please. I need to inform the

*

opened it immediately. "Alpha? What brin

band, Charles Barron, was taken from us today. We will–" She cut me off by falli

d to Ilona, their daughter. I waved her over to me and tried to soothe her. "

d Mrs. Barron to the couch as delicately as I could and slipped the pillow Ilona brought me under her hea

ffed bear tighter to her chest and I tried to distract her with qu

a half," she m

at her over my shoulder. "Are

ught she was going to get whiplash. "I am, Miss A

and always be good for your mom

I be

dreams I said, "If you eat all your vegetables and

py as she is now when she discovers the truth about her dad. She's probably too young

"I was just thinking about something. Want to

I'm not allowed

jumping up and down again and I couldn't h

hat wants to take over after losing your other half. Peppermint tea is reserved for when someone you care about dies and shouldn't be consumed before then

he remembered the news. I handed her the cup of tea and patted Ilona's head, who was now staring at her

through her tears. "Have I ever told y

fed, bringing a wobbly sm

get that. I want you to always

ow what you

nity wavering, then bring Ilona to the pack house immediately. Let me know if you ever need anything. I will see you toni

door and saw me, she burst into tears. I led her to the kitchen table and handed her a box

you to look at me and point out where the tea is." She didn't acknowledge me s

d. Her eyes started glowing yellow as I brought it to her. Instead of drinking it she growled, making me growl

drank the tea and I realized she had become one of the Lost. The Lost are those who give into their wolves,

d others so must be moved into the Out House, where they can live in a supervised setting. My mom should be

my eyebrows in surprise when I opened the door and saw Parker sitting on my couch. "What are you doing here?"

e ceremony so we can speak pri

mind, we don't have time. Let me change into m

red and the silver shawl, so I tossed the red one back in. Red was the symbol that the perso

standing when I reached the bottom steps. "You do realize

attending a ceremony so I'll have to suffer the embarr

es. "Whatever,

ll your eyes an awful lot and if you k

ker was being awkwardly quiet and I knew he wanted to talk about something important. "So, what did you want to talk about?" I questioned

walking. "Well, I think we need to discuss