My strength had slowly returned. With each day that passed, everything started to become easier. I decided to ease up on my pack duties because of the amount of sleep my body still seemed to need. Mother Kai returned to our cabin late one night and placed a medallion over the front door. It was a silver wolf with blue eyes that howled at a crescent moon. "Mother, what is this?" Adriel asked, as she hammered a nail into the wall above the door. She chanted just under her breath. She didn't answer his question. She seemed to be in some trance-like state. I sat in my rocking chair as I watched everything she was doing. When the medallion was hung, she waved her hand over it. She then brought her hand to her mouth, kissed her fingers, then blew in the direction of the door. Adriel helped he

