When we finally approached the Maxwell estate, I felt Lucious tense beside me. Through our connection, I feel his uncertainty. This wasn’t our family’s packhouse. Pack members were still preparing the Blackthorne estate for my eventual return, but it would take time before it was truly habitable again. For now, the Maxwell mansion would be our home.
As the helicopter touched down on the landing pad, I saw a welcoming committee waiting for us: Alpha Maxwell's mate, Luna Sarah. Who must have returned from visiting her family in another pack, along with the pack healer, and the Priestess who had helped us locate Lucious. Their faces showed a mixture of relief, curiosity, and cautious joy.
"Are those... our pack members?" Lucious asked quietly.
"Some of them," I explained. "The Maxwell pac
