"You saw the changing ceremony, Maryellen. Now we will greet our new pack members. I think it would be very acceptable if you went upstairs and joined my pack now. You can all meet after you have changed."

"That sounds like a wonderful idea, Madam," Dominick said grinning broadly.

He scooped Maryellen up and slung her over his shoulder. She giggled and struggled slightly and her glasses slipped off her nose.

"I need those," she said reaching down. "I can't see without them."

"You won't need them again," Dominick told her, but he still took them when I handed them to him.

"Why?" I heard her ask as Dominick strode...