"Can werewolves be killed?" Mom asked.

"They can if the wound is bad enough. They can bleed out before they knit back together. Brigitte lost her mate in a fight between wolves.

"I'm sorry, Brigitte," Mom said. "Do you still miss him?"

"Every day."

"Did you have sex with other wolves while you were mated."

"We have to submit to higher ranking wolves if they demand it. Once you're mated, other wolves tend to demand it less, but it still occurs. It's not always about submission though. We could have sex with other wolves, or humans, for that matter. On the whole, jealousy doesn't exist with wolves. Sex is an...