“This rhubarb pie is simply divine,” gushed Josie from her spot across from Melanie. Josie was the widowed mother of the Sinclair brothers. Her husband had been alpha of the Crimson Phoenix Pack. Now the Alpha was Xavier but he was off attending college with his mate in New York. Xavier was finishing up his masters in public policy while Rose was in a training program for pack doctors. Tony was filling in for Xavier along with help from the Council of Elders. Brad, sitting next to his mother, nodded in agreement, his cheeks full of pie as he munched away happily. Throughout dinner, Melanie hadn’t talked much with Josie aside from a reserved ‘hello’. Josie seemed much more interested in Selene, the girl Dylan was thinking about taking for a chosen mate. “Melanie made it from scratch,”

