It was late in the night when Adler felt the pack return and slipped out of his seat, moving Jesse’s head from where she dozed with her head on his lap in front of the fire, and went through to the back porch opening the door. Trey stood as a huge silhouette in the faint light caste from the windows to outside. He walked up, his naked frame glistening with sweat but his face broad in an exuberant grin.
“Adler! You have to come next time!”
Adler smiled. “Sure…I look forward to it.”
He stepped down onto the little gravel path and off onto the grass where the other wolves were lying, panting. “Good job, everyone. There is a large meal in the oven waiting for you all, courtesy of Eddy…shower, have something to eat and get some rest.”
The wolves all stood up and drifted away, except one. He
