Using the money provided by Aelia’s wine business, and freely given to the wolves she cared for, the pack had managed to procure a warehouse in Ancona, under the guise that they were also wine merchants needing a place to store their goods. As was often the case, greed displaced the humans’ good judgement, and Aoife and Pepin managed to get the pack settled down that night. Anticipating the new members that would soon join them, everyone was moderate in the space they took up. Later in the week, Darion and Iselda arrived with a hoard of new members. The gamut of wolves was staggering. Age, gender and skill-set all varied as they were welcomed into the warehouse. The uniting trait among them all was their immense bravery. Bruno took the wide-eyed pups, eager to show them the fort they had

