I''m so proud of my pack. The gift that they are giving their ranked females speaks volumes about their feelings toward our pack.


    It''s a good thing and reinforces what we are doing here, creating this ce for those that have nowhere else to go.


    Liam, Angel and Liam''s foreman, Perry, arrive just before lunch. Grace and | meet them out front as they arrive and lead them to


    a table on the back patio we had set up for lunch. Noah and Sirona join us.


    “Dr. Phillips, how have you settled in?” Liam asks her.


    “Sirona please, Alpha. And very well. It''s very exciting what we are nning to create here. I’m d to be a part of it.” She tells


    him.


    “If you decide you want toe back to the easy life, our pack is always open to you.” He says and Angel smacks him with the


    back of her hand. He rubs his chest, pretending she hit him hard, as he smiles down at her.


    “What are your ns, Sirona?” Angel asks her and sheunches into her ideas of how to rebuild the pack hospital. Perry is


    paying attention and making notes on his clipboard.


    After lunch, Noah and | take Perry and Liam on a tour of the packnds and the buildings that need to be built. We start with the


    pack hospital, and | can see the wheels turning in Perry’s head. From there, we go around to the houses that are in various


    stages ofpletion, the ones that are being torn down for refurbishment and the areas where we are keeping the reusable


    materials.


    Perry walks up to the materials, lifting some of the pieces and looking them over with a critical eye. “You''ve done a great job


    here. These are good materials and if we use them, it will reduce the overall cost of rebuilding, lowering the materials we will


    need to buy.” He says, nodding his head, making a note on his clipboard as we walk along.


    When we''re done, we meet Carlos in his office and sit down to discuss the n. We get an anticipated cost, which makes my


    stomach twist into a knot.


    “| know a lot, but remember, you’re rebuilding an entire pack. If


    it sounds like you break it down into a price per house, including the pack hospital and the packhouse, it’s really not that much.


    You and your pack members will more than be able to repay that loan through this process.” Liam says to me.


    “Okay, so what''s the n?” | ask.


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    It''s Perry that answers my question. “We''ll start on Monday. I''d like to have two crews, one for demolition and one for rebuilding.


    Once the demolition is.plete, we''ll put that crew on rebuilding as well. We''ll focus on the houses that are in process first, get


    those knocked out quickly and then begin building the others.” He stops, looking over his notes.


    “| do have one other suggestion, if you don’t mind me saying.” He says, looking up at me.


    “Of course.”


    He looks down at his notes again. “Other than the pack hospital and packhouse, you haven’t allotted any space or time for


    building other structures, such as restaurants, clothing stores, florists, anything that your pack would want or need to runa


    business on packnds. It may not be something that you’ve thought of, but I’d suggest talking to your pack and seeing if any of


    them have skills that would warrant a storefront. You''re not so far from Canyon Ridge or Shadow Falls that those packs wouldn''t


    come to shop here or bring their mates and kids for a meal. Just a thought.”Original from N?velDrama.Org.


    It''s a good thought and one | had not considered. It’s been so long since either Grace or | have lived in a pack that we didn’t think


    about having a ce for our pack members to work on the packnds, but it''s how many other packs sustain themselves.


    “I''ll speak to the pack about it. Thank you, Perry.”