Shane moved into my little room, and for me at least, life settled into a sweet routine. It didn't matter that I was as big as a house and I could no longer see my feet. I was like a mother hen, happy and content with my brood. William was dating the waiter, Gabe and Daisy were planning a wedding, and we had unanimously voted to make Shane the Alpha over our little pack. Shane was reluctant at first, complaining that he had just dodged that responsibility at Gold Mountain. But I protested that a Luna could not lead the pack alone. I needed a partner. And anyway, leading a pack of five wasn't the same as leading a pack of hundreds. "No pack started out in the hundreds," he reminded me with a sweet kiss. "Once upon a time, they all started like us... an Alpha and a Luna and their fami
