Clara Angie had been visiting with me for hours, drinking coffee and chatting about things we had seen in magazines. There seemed to be a consistent flow of coffee deliveries since Damien discovered how much I liked it. Damien walked into the room smiling. “I have news. Your friend Gamma Benjamin is awake. He and Sam have agreed to join the pack, and we will be bringing his mate here shortly.” He said. Happiness welled up inside me. The only true family I had was going to be in my new pack. Just then through the door flew in two of the cutest pups I’ve ever seen with Max chasing behind, trying his best to wrangle them. One of them climbed right up Damien while the other pounced onto my hospital bed. Angie laughed and apologized. “Clara, these are our pups, Gregory and Zina.” “Nice to

