After a moment’s rest, Talia was feeling relatively better. She had been waiting for her parents who were occupied with their pack duties and it was dawn. I went to Lance to contact her parents at once and she followed me.

“Hello, yeah this is Alpha Lance,” he said into the phone. They spoke for a brief while but I did not bother eavesdropping because he was still going to tell me at the end.

“So what’s their status?” I asked the moment Lance dropped the call.

“Kiddo, it’s one of two things!” he said, turning to Talia. “You can stay here and pass the night or someone from my...