Drake POV
Natasha had big plans for the Winter Valley Pack. Plans to grow in numbers and in prosperity. Some she worked hard to develop and others—well, one other—fell into her lap. As her newly appointed, Financial Growth and Pack Expansion advisor, it was my job to research potential business investments and assess their profitability, and to find ways to increase our numbers. When I accepted the position, I had assumed that my only real success would come from finding profitable business ventures. I was wrong. In my first week, an absent conversation with Elder Yuri had netted me the name of an Alpha who was being considered to assume an Elder position.
Alpha Romeo Grundy, whose Lake Harbor Pack was separated from ours by only ten miles, had no heirs. His Beta had died only months be
