Daphne I was just on the phone, minding my own business, when the worst thunderclap headache in the history of headaches came down on me, almost blinding me with the pain. My phone slipped from my hand, and from somewhere under my desk I heard my baffled client calling out, “Hello! Hello? Are you still there?” But I couldn’t answer, let alone bend down, reach around my big belly, and retrieve the phone. At first I felt panicked, as my body was wracked with pain, and even my wolf was whimpering and crying in my head. It was like my first shift, all over again, only a hundred times worse! And I couldn’t shift! Not now! I would lose the baby! It took me a minute to realize that I wasn’t the one. And the panic wasn’t entirely my own either. Nash was shifting for the first time, and Loui

