By the time I got back down, they were well into a discussion on what to do with the innocents from the Sheridan Pack. Vivian wanted them protected, not abandoned. "Are there any good Packs out there that we could send them to? Packs that won't mate them until they are of age, who don't allow force matings?"

Gabriel just shrugged his shoulders. "We've mostly avoided the remaining Packs, knowing that the Promised One was elsewhere. It wouldn't help much anyway; the strongest ones have been the most active in taking over other Packs and their women. The longer we go, the more debased the Packs become."

"What about moving...