Annalease arrived at the border of Harvest Moon. She had shifted already so she could address the warriors as she came to the gate. They all greeted her with hugs. She knew she needed to be there but she wanted to turn around and run as fast as Moon could go to get away from the pain of being back now flooding her. She had to stay. Her pack needed her and she needed them if they were going to get through this.
Beta Joe, Joe Ann, Gamma Richard, and Aunt Helen met her at the door. "I'm glad you are home Annalease." Joe said hugging her. "Thank you dad" as she said the last words she choked and the tears began to fall. It felt like a knife stabbing her in her heart as she called Joe dad but that is what she had always called him. But it felt like she had been injected with wolfsbane. He saw
