Her coat was dull and sported several tangled, matted areas, gums a pale pink instead of healthy red, and the edges of Leah’s ribs clearly visible on her sides. As the assembled weres got a good look at her, the mood in the council room abruptly shifted, murmurs of concern and gaps of shock rising from around the room. Leah gave a soft, nervous whine as looked around the room, and Amy was seized by a powerful urge to hold her, to shelter her, and to make her know that she was safe and would be alright. When Amy glanced back for a moment, she was not surprised to see a look of sorrow in Martin’s eye, and she could hear Elise fidgeting in her chair off to the side, the omega almost certainly seized with an urge to help the obviously struggling pup. Dropping to one knee, she let the suit ja

