The gathering was Rhys's idea. Not a formal pack assembly. Something looser than that, a monthly tradition in Ironmoon where the pack filled the main common room on a Friday evening with food and drinks and the particular noise of a large group of people who lived and worked together allowing themselves, for one evening, to simply exist together without agenda. Rhys had explained it to Selene on Thursday with the matter of fact tone he used for pack information. "It is not mandatory," he said. "But attendance is noted." She wrote. Noted by whom. "Everyone," he said. "Which is the same as no one specifically, which is the point. A pack that does not gather informally loses something. Damien understands this even though he finds the gatherings personally difficult." She wrote. He find

