After Eli and Carlos went hunting, | turned to Maddie who had just returned from the garden. “Can you begin to make a list of


    items we need to stock the pantry. Eli and Carlos are going back out for meat, but | know we''recking in condiments and I’m


    sure many other things.”


    “Of course, Luna. Happy to help.”


    | begin to interview the new omegas that are streaming into the kitchen. Those that had no cooking experience but have some


    cleaning experience are now joining us to get assignments in the packhouse.


    | start with kitchen and dining room clean up, adding themunity bathrooms on this floor to the list. | find someone that was a


    Lead Omega in her previous pack and set her up with a helper to go room by room in the packhouse to find out how many


    people are in each room and what supplies they need and cleaning rounds they would like.


    As with the pantry, the linens and towel supply are dreadfully low. We''ll have to set up a rotation of washing linens and towels so


    that we don’t run out. | assign another person to begin working on what that rotation will look like. Then we get started on making


    sure that all the currently unused towels and linens are clean, as many are just in a pile on the floor.


    | have Maddie add cleaning supplies to our list of needed items. We''re making good progress and I’m a sweaty but happy mess


    when Eli, Carlos and another man | don’t recognizee back from their hunt.


    Once | get the assignments made for cleaning the fresh animals brought in and take a moment to tease my mate, | send him on


    his way.


    | pull Cammy and another omega with extensive, but different cooking experience over and begin talking about the meals we can


    cook with the meat that we have. Wee up with meal ns for the next week and | ensure that the amount of meat that will


    be fed to the pack members will increase. We have Maddie add the missing ingredients to her list as we go.


    “Luna, if | may,” Autumn, the omega with cooking experience says. Her sister, Summer, is the Lead Omega | sent to inventory


    the rooms. They are from the same pack and ran together to escape.


    “We could get eggying hens and build a coop near the packhouse. The women that look after the garden could look after the


    hens and young pups always like to collect eggs. If we get them at various ages, then we’d have a consistent flow of


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    eggyers. And if we decided that we had enough eggs at any point, we could always let the chicks grow and have more of our


    own eggyers or decide we want some as meat. It would be another way that we could be self-sufficient.”


    “Excellent idea.” | have Maddie make a note to research this. Without aputer, it may be difficult unless there are some local


    hen sellers.


    As dinner time gets closer, | have the omegas begin ting food, while others set the tables for dinner. As we are about done, a


    couple of womene in carrying small baskets of flowers.


    “Hello Luna. I’m Victoria and this is lvy. We work with Maddie in the garden, and she told us what you are doing here. We''re so


    excited to finally have structured mealtimes that we thought it would be nice to have centerpieces for the tables to celebrate, so


    we picked some flowers from the forest to put at the tables.”


    “They''re perfect. Thank you both.” We ce them on the tables, just as the warriors begining in. They immediately see the


    tables set and stop, looking


    at me.


    “Have a seat everyone. Tonight, we are having pulled pork, roasted rosemary potatoes and steamed spinach for dinner.”


    Everyone looks excited as they sit. | mind link Eli toe join us. There are more people tonight than there werest night. Word


    has spread that there is food avable or perhaps they just want to see their Alpha and Luna. Either way, we have to set up


    additional, makeshift tables to seat everyone.


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    | make sure that all the omegas are seated and have food, including the ones that are still working on stripping the carcasses.


    Once everyone is eating, | find my ce next to Eli. He looks at me with awe and pride.


    “In one day, you have managed to make this pack feel like a home. | don’t know how you did it, but as usual, | am amazed and


    awed by you, my little mate.”


    The mood tonight in the dining room is considerably different thanst night. While almost everyone seemed happy to have Eli


    back yesterday, there was a sense of anxiety of the unknown. Today there is a peaceful feeling around the room with a lot of


    happy chatter andughter.


    Several pack members make a point toe over and thank us, or just say hi, wanting to get to know us better. When they are


    done, everyone disperses, going back to their work or to their homes to rest for the evening. Eli goes back upstairs to work on


    the patrol schedule, and | make sure everyone is set with their assignments in the kitchen and tomorrow''s cooking and cleaning


    before heading upstairs to join Eli.


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