I thought about running to make him chase me, just for fun, but we had guests. Instead I ran my body along his and stopped with my tail at his nose.

'If it wasn't for all the damned humans, I'd take you for a run,' he said licking across my backside.

'Crawl on and take me,' I demanded dropping my front half to the ground.

Joel was more than happy to oblige.

I sat with Joel in a pack meeting and thought about the last couple of weeks. It had taken me a long time, but I was finally accepting my duties as Alpha. Meetings were an expected part of...