I wake up on the floor of the office, Micheal, Paula, and Ri'elle are all on the ground, passed out as well. Annie is not here, based on the way her scent has faded... she has been gone for a few hours at least. "Micheal? Paula?" I call out to them first, because I see Ri'elle moving already. I crawl over to Micheal first, as he is the closest. "Crap, Ri'elle... we need help, Micheal is bleeding." I call over. Ri'elle stands up on unsteady feet, using the wall to help, he walks out of the room to find a nurse or someone to help. Micheal is bleeding from a small cut on his forehead. Paula doesn't appear to be hurt, but she still hasn't woken up. Ri'elle returns in a few moments with a nurse, she seems unsteady on her feet as well. "Was everyone effected?" I ask her. "No, not everyone, it seems to have been just those of us in the hospital. The rest of the pack is not aware of anything happening." She tells me. "Okay, ca

Micheal walks a few yards away, carrying the unconsious Annie with him. He is hoping by giving me some distance from her I will be able to sense Mal more clearly. I turn my back to them, blocking them out, I focus on Mal, bringing my wolf forward, together we reach out for her. <I feel her, but she is weak, I think she is hurt. North.> He tells me. "This way." I relay to Micheal, he follow's me north. We walk on for nearly an hour before Micheal speaks. "Stop, I need to rest, it is getting harder and harder to carry her the further we get from that warehouse." He tells me. "You should let me have a turn anyways, you don't need to carry her the whole way." I answer back. I walk over, and take her from his arms. The moment I touch her she is wide awake, and we hear a wolf howling in the distance. She scrambles from my arms, to hide behind Micheal. "Micheal! He is not who he says he is, he

I leave the hospital, making my way across the square to my father's office. I have spent my first few days as the Alpha in the hospital, the pack knows that I am the alpha now, because they could feel the power shift when I made the challenge. But I have not had a chance to address the change with them. I want to make sure that every member of my pack knows that I am here for them, it is my job to protect them, but more than that it is my job listen when they need me.  My father has kept his office very clean and organized, the files are in order, but I have a feeling that he has been letting a lot of things slide... The files have not been updated in nearly a year.  There are 5 file cabnets in this room. The first is for pack members files, this is all of their personal inforamtion, contacts and who to call if they are hurt. Also this is where we keep the files for any wolf who requests to join our pack, normally there are at least a few wolves wanting to

The enemy is all around us, Micheal, Paula, and myself are good fighters, we have been trained our whole lives to fight as a one man army. The warriors in my pack know that help may never come, we need to be able to fight in any conditions, and against any odds. Ansel's pack is not weak, but only the warriors are trained to fight, none of the mothers know how to protect their children. Me, Micheal, and Paula can each hold our own, but our focus at the moment is not our own lives. We must protect the pack, as their queen they refuse to leave me to fight alone, these warriors are loyal to me already, but since they do not know how to fight as well as we do, I feel the need to protect them, just as they feel the need to defend me. Every time I am fighting more than one rogue at a time I end up surrounded by at least three of my own warriors, I know they only want to help me, but it is rather frustrating. Finally I scream out through the mind link, in doing so

Hearing Annie talking like we will all be dead by morning is breaking my heart. Luckly most the men did not hear her ordering Micheal to leave the battle field.  "Men, today we are to be tested, I know I have been gone a long time, and I don't know any of you nearly as well as I should. But I am here because I love my pack. When I got word tha you were in trouble I came, it took me longer than I would have liked, but I came, because it is my duty to protect you. But today is different, today we fight as equal's. Today there is a threat not only to our queen, but to our very way of life. If we fall, other packs will follow. If we let them leave here with a victory, they will never stop. Today we stand as one, today we fight not only for ourselves but for all werewolves, today your King and Queen lead the charge to victory." I shout to the crowd. My voice rings through the air with a kind of royal finality.  The warriors shout and cheer around me, I