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actually makes sense, though the whole changing into an animal is still hard for me to get. I mean, how can you keep your identity when you have a much smaller brain?” Aaron asked before biting into his omelet.
    “We don’t need all the areas we have in our human brain. For instance, we don’t need the speech center at all; we generally don’t have vocal cords to use it with. I’m over-simplifying, of course. I’m not a doctor, so I’ve never tried to work it all out. I’m just happy that it does work. You should talk to Mara, Frieda, or even your sister. The three of them have been trying to figure out the quantum physics related to shifting.”
    Aaron nodded his head in agreement. “I didn’t pay much attention to where I was going yesterday. Can you give me directions back to Laura’s? I need to talk to her.”
    “Sure, I can even do you one better. Several members of the pack work there. One of them can go along with you to show you the way.”
    “Great, just let me know who they are and when they’re ready to leave,” said Aaron.
    “You can head over after you’ve finished eating,” Marc said, picking up his own mug of coffee.
    He looked over at his houseguest. He was in much better shape than the previous day. Marc wasn’t fooled, though. Aaron was the type of man who didn’t let his emotions out from under the tight rein he usually kept them on.
    “I tracked down Kylie last night,” Marc threw out. Since he was watching closely, he saw the effect the news had on Aaron before he shutdown. The man was obviously bracing himself for bad news.
    “She’s doing really well. She's been mated for over ten years and has four children. She’s asked about you over the years. Her alpha, Jacob North, has kept an eye on you, both for her and to keep his pack safe. He was planning to call her this morning and fill her in. If we can work it out while you’re here, she’ll come out with her family for a visit,” Marc told him, watching how he drank in every snippet of information.
    “Good,” Aaron cleared his throat, which had suddenly roughened. Reaching for his water, he took a long drink. “It would be nice to see how she turned out. She was a cute kid.”
    “She’s looking forward to seeing how the boy she knew turned out. I’ll let you know when I hear anything about their travel information,” Marc said, getting up to refill his plate.
    He didn’t need any more food; he wanted to give Aaron a moment. Still, the cinnamon rolls looked really tempting. Grabbing a couple to appease his sweet tooth, he returned to the table and a much more composed guest.
    *****
    Aaron could have used some more time to himself to level off. He owed it to his sister to man up and apologize. His family deserved to hear about what happened all those years ago. And it would be better if they heard it from him. Knowing Kylie had survived made it easier. He still remembered her Uncle Jacob. To a nine-year-old, the man had seemed like a total badass. Just knowing an angry wolf was just beneath the man’s skin was enough to freak him out.
    As he opened the door to the SUV and climbed in, he realized how lucky he’d been. He’d ridden right up to the man’s house with Kylie still in his backpack. No thought was given to the possibility of the hunters being there or Kylie’s uncle blaming him. He was damn lucky to have made it home.
    His musings were interrupted by his passenger who gestured for him to make a turn on the road. The guy, who was introduced as Greg, hadn’t said anything up until then. Aaron appreciated his silence. In the short time he’d spent with the Wolf pack he’d noticed they all had great situational awareness. None of these guys would find themselves in a bar fight that had suddenly erupted. Not unless they felt like a fight. No, they would have seen the tensions developing well ahead of anyone else in the room. He had a small amount of the ability too. A soldier’s heightened senses.
    Greg