Julian’s POV The private jet was split into several compartments. Because we were leaving so early in the morning, Alice was still sleepy, so I put her in one of the small bedrooms near the rear of the plane. Alice sat the ‘living room’ area in the center of the plane, on one of the soft sofas there, while I moved to the office area nearer the cockpit. There, I immediately called back to my Beta to check in, just as I had done nearly every morning since leaving the pack. Even while I was here, my pack was still very important to me. I wasn’t going to neglect them while I pursued more personal matters. The nature of my call this morning however was a little bit of both professional and personal developments. After informing me of what was going on with the pack, and after a few decision

