"Yes," Vera said. "If you're valuable enough. You know, cut down on brain drain pack-wise. But also, to cut down on criminality. Some pack members may commit serious crimes in their pack and try to escape punishment. Their packs are primarily the ones to punish them. The council lets the packs reclaim their members for those reasons and more. Reclaiming rogue members also stems from Inter-pack conflicts too. Packs could get into serious fights because of a single rogue pack member." Oh, Ava thought, realization dawning on her. That was what Adrian was worried about. This information was quite problematic, she realized, but better she knew than have it catch her unawares. She ran her hand through her hair as her thoughts began to have a field day. She did not personally see an

