The week before the Council meeting passed quickly because there was so much to do and we spent most of our time helping rebuild the pack house and planning what we'd say to the Council.

Jax wanted to bring at least twenty wolves with us but Marcus said that would look like we didn't trust them and might start things off wrong so we compromised on ten wolves plus Selene and Dante and five vampires from their covens.

"That's still a lot of people," Penelope said when we were packing for the ...