The bright morning sun’s rays passed through the glass of the large windows. A warm glow of light filled the space. The pack gathered in the hall in the council building situated at the edge of the pack settlement. It was the only building within the pack lands big enough to meet the entire pack. Martin had built it for that very purpose. He watched as members he had come to know in the last ten years and had come to care for like a family, make themselves comfortable on the many wooden chairs while they gave him puzzled, suspicious glances every so often. There was a constant hum of murmurs in the air, like the buzzing of busy bees in the forest. It was like they couldn’t even hold themselves for a few seconds and just wait until they were addressed. He could almost see their brains dr

