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relief. “God, I’ve been so scared,” she said, talking fast and stumbling over words. “I haven’t seen a doctor yet. I’ve had to put my mom off every time she asks me about my doctor. She doesn’t know about me. I’ve been afraid of them doing blood work and finding out that I’m different, but I needed to care for the baby. I’m so lost. Will you really help us? You know my story? Our story?”
    Lisa smiled at the young woman who was about her age. “Let me take your blood pressure, although it seems I may have inadvertently caused it to rise. Once we get a baseline, we can talk.”
    Somehow Elizabeth managed to keep her tongue still, even though Lisa could practically feel the other woman bursting with wants and questions. She wrote down the blood pressure and took Elizabeth’s pulse. “You’re doing well on that end, anyway,” she reassured the expectant mother.
    “Oh, thank you,” Elizabeth said with a smile of an angel. “You have no idea what this means to me.”
    “I’m starting to get the idea,” Lisa said and grinned at the woman whose smile was infectious. “Why don’t you tell me about your pregnancy, your concerns, and anything you need to know to sleep well. I want you to rest after your long journey.”
    “Oh. I guess my pregnancy has been normal for a werewolf. I mean, no weirdness or anything that I can tell.”
    “Any concerns you wish to talk of now?”
    “I...oh my gosh. I had so many questions, but now all I can think about is my relief at finding you.” She laughed. “You must think me a complete airhead. I’m not, you know. I’m an alpha female, although I’ve not challenged anyone. I’m trying to keep a low profile within Marty’s pack.” For the first time, Elizabeth’s expressive face closed up. Something was seriously wrong within the Seathe pack.
    “I don’t blame you. There’s no reason to be fighting challenges when you are attempting to carry a young one within you. Now go rest with your husband. He’ll be happy to see you.”
    “You are so kind to a stranger, a non-pack member. Thank you.”
    “Don’t worry. I’m paying it forward. Once, someone was kind to me. I can do no less,” Lisa replied gently. “Now off you go.” The two of them would be the death of her yet. She wondered how lonely they had to be and how rough the Seathe pack must be from their effusive thanks. Had no one offered to help? Wolf cubs were cherished among the Wahpawhats, and she had assumed among weres everywhere.
    She went back to her room to catch a little more sleep for herself before the next emergency arose.
    ***
    A week later, Lance remained in shock. The Lupin pack had just been officially combined with the Wahpawhat pack for the first time in over a hundred years. He held little hope the Ulfric recognized him as the man who had brought the new werewolf to him long ago, but suddenly Lance became fixated with finding her.
    Years of tamping down his wants and needs had taken their toll, but suddenly he was free to do as he wished. Until Roxy and Boris were caught, he still had to be careful. However, now he had pack mates to protect him instead of spy on him. He tried to wait and let things settle after the shocking announcement that Alex was his new Lupa and the even more impressive display of Alex’s fighting skills in wolf form.
    After driving out to the Ulfric’s to ask him about that night, he stood outside Nolan’s front door, working up the courage to knock. It was not the Ulfric holding him back; it was the fear Nolan would not remember him or the woman he had brought to him. Or worse that Nolan would not tell him who or where she was.
    He stood there, indecisive, his wants, his needs warring with years of forced submissiveness. After he’d decided to wait a few more days and started to turn away, Alex answered the door. “Oh, for Pete’s sake, Lance. Get in here,” she said grinning at him.
    He’d always liked her. She’d grown up as a misfit, lighter