‘Mini Alpha, are you in your office?’ Mia’s voice came through the mindlink. ‘Yeah, why?’ ‘Look out the window!’ She giggled and he curiously stood up from his desk and walked to the window that looked out on the yard. Ripley couldn’t stop the laughter that broke out of him when he saw what Mia had called him for. His mate dusted herself off after being at the bottom of the pile only to have the ball thrown at her again. She made a valiant effort to run in the opposite direction, but the pups soon caught up and piled onto her again. It had become part of the pups’ game to have everyone pile on top of the slower stranger when they caught up to her. Their playing and laughter had drawn a crowd and he watched longingly as some of the young adults started to join in on the game that

