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Sixty-Two: Ellie
Sitting in the pack house kitchen. I stirred the stew and added some spices when the back door opened. I glanced over and see my mother’s-tired face as she walked in and sat down at the counter. I sigh already knowing what is wrong. Mom always gets like this when dad has been gone too long. Her wolf starts to go into depression. I scoop a bowl full and set it in front of her. “Okay, you know why I’m worried but what is eating at you?” I hear her say as I look around making sure no one can ease drop on our conversation.
I tell her everything that is going on with Lexi as she stares at me with her mouth wide open. Closing her mouth she takes a drink of water as she looks at me. “Well, we did all know that they were related. Just that they don’t talk. Something h
