Dad? Marian mused as she gazed up at her father, standing tall beside Dax. “You shall serve in the pack hospital as an aide. The pack doctor will instruct you on your duties,” her father, Corien Storm, former pack Alpha of the Lightmoon pack, declared, gazing down at her. “Let it also be known,” he continued, his voice softening as he spoke to his daughter for the first time since he shifted that morning, “you are forbidden from leaving the immediate compound.” “Your movements are restricted to the immediate grounds and the hospital,” he concluded in a firm, definitive tone. Do you understand? He asked gently in their mind space. Marian swallowed. She was tempted to retort, to defend her rights as a reinstated wolf. Penance has been paid. Why should I be restrained? She complained