Maeve We ran in circles around the castle, yipping and howling with delight as we pounced in front of unsuspecting warriors who were leaning against a thicket of trees while they guarded the outskirts of the castle grounds. One of the warriors shifted, thinking we were a threat because he didn’t yet recognize Rowan’s wolf, which caused Rowan great embarrassment and distress, and he had to shift back to his regular form and explain the situation, naked as the day he was born, in front of a group of warriors in which he was now the Alpha just to prove he was in fact who he said he was, rather than just using the mind-link. An hour passed. I didn’t feel the pained rush of my milk letting down, or the looseness and ache of my hips. I felt, for the first time since I started to lean into the