Shepard I watched the sheep peacefully grazing; white dots in the green expanse stretching out below the low hill I sat on. I was careful to stay downwind of them so they didn't panic, not that they tended to around me anyway. I was an Omega, which made my predatory scent not as overwhelming as, say, the Alpha. Part of me thought maybe I should have sat upwind from the sheep to try to discourage Daisy from joining me, but I figured she'd end up finding me anyway and not care if she made the animals go into a panic in her displeasure with me. I knew she wasn't going to be happy that I'd skipped Alpha Cayden's funeral. In my defense, I tried to go. I just... couldn't. I'd been dropped off at the pack house when I was just a baby. There was no note, and no one had any idea who my parents c

