"Stop! She means no harm." I heard Adela say as she walked in front of me and I suddenly remembered her.

The other wolves stared at her now, surprised. We had all been so focused on the battle we were about to be engaged in that none of us had noticed her presence.

Inside my head, Rieka had awoken and was excited to actually be in a real fight with someone of her kind and not just one, not two but seven! I knew she was on edge and at any minute now she would have forced herself to take control.

She growled in frustration when Adela spoke up, the...