Roberta POV My first year was over, and I was doing well. I was top of my class in every subject, the teachers were giving me extra assignments. That was next semester's work, and according to one of the teachers, if I continued at the rate I am going, I would have my studies finished early. My work at the vets kept me busy too, and though mum and dad phoned or sent emails, I was not really up to date with the goings on in the pack, only that mum and dad were happy with the new alpha and that he had brought big changes to the pack and they were blooming, whatever that meant, mum said, the new alpha was taking on my brother and the betas son, in a ceremony this weekend and would I come to see it, but I declined, I had been given the chance to work at the hospital for the holiday break, and