Joe was worried, his two sons as well, and I found myself avoiding them and becoming suspicious that my friend’s intent was to keep me for himself somehow. XXX He still loved me, he was still my mate, and while the other wolves would sleep and groom each other and some would sing to the moon, we would do the same. It was a nice thought and I was greatly cheered to have some small purpose at last. Their small growls and yelps made me smile and they were there, just beyond a short ridge in a shallow bowl of dirt and rocky outcroppings. I stayed in the meadow for a long while, until Chance found me sleeping in the grass and woke me with his tongue across my face and then my breasts.
