Emrys sent a massive mind-link to every member of the pack, telling them what we had learned. They needed to spend time with their families. As for me, I spent that day with Ana and Kennis at the amusement park, eating candy, riding different rides, and taking booth pictures. War was coming to our doorstep tomorrow, but we didn't let that shadow loom over us. We had just tucked Ana into bed for the night and were leaving to go to my bedroom when I suddenly grabbed Kennis's wrist. He looked back at me with the gentlest expression on his face, and the air was knocked out of me. "Kennis, I want you to initiate me into the pack," I told him. I'd asked him this before, but he had refused, and I thought it was only because he hated me. Later, I learned it was because he loved me and wanted

