Todd walked outside to find the pack had done an amazing job of setting out lunch. If you couldn’t find something to your liking here, you were probably not trying. He smiled at Amelia who was talking to her father and uncles. She returned the smile, but it was sad. They both knew what was coming. Todd grabbed a plate of food and went to sit under a big old tree they had in the back yard. He loved that tree, he had watched many cycles of that tree’s life, through the seasons that saw its leaves turn red and orange, to the winter that left it bare and the spring that renewed its leaves and made it look alive again.
He sat on the ground amongst the exposed roots, his back leaning up against the trunk.
“Alpha”, Liam walked over nodding.
“Beta”, Todd nodded in return.
Liam looked ove
