The next morning, | wake up stiff and sore. Not only did | get stabbed yesterday, bat we only got a few hours of sleep with a


    couple of nkets to soften the hard floor. Thankfully, my mate let me curl up against him to stay warm. His scent and the mate


    bond helping me to heal overnight.


    When we go out to share the food we foundst night, | can tell that some of the pack members have left, most notably, my


    father’s Beta. I’m not upset about losing some members. Anyone who leaves now is saving me from having a battleter in our


    pack. If they can’t agree to having Ell and | as their Alphas, then they need to find somece else to live. And my father’s Beta


    knew what my father was doing to me and my mother all those years ago, and he did nothing. Anyone that can live with that,


    won’tst in my pack.


    As the pack is eating. Noah returns with the caravan, ready to take another group back to our pack. We''ve already established


    the n for today and as much as possible, the vans will be


    making two trips. It will make for a long day, but at least everyone will be fed and sleep in a warm bed tonight.


    We start packing up the vans, helping families pack up their belongings. Any furniture that they want will have to wait. Eli ordered


    a moving truck, but it won’t be here untilter today. He and | agreed that we''d take any salvageable furniture or equipment and


    hand it off to Jeremy to see what he could do with it.


    We send a couple bags of money back with Noah in the first run, his eyebrows raise when he realizes what he was carrying.


    “There’s more, but let''s break it into smaller amounts, just in case something happens.”


    By 9am, the first group of vans are packed and on their way back to Safe Haven. By noon, the moving truck arrives, and we


    begin packing up the furniture from all our new pack members. By 4pm, the vans return. We''re still packing thest of the


    furniture and Eli and | wait until everyone has found a space in a van and all the furniture is packed up before we find space in


    thest van


    headed back home.


    It''s been an exhausting day, and only a few minutes into the drive, | fall asleep. Eli gently shakes me as we pass into our territory.


    When we pull up, | see that Carlos and Amber have everything under control. They are directing people to the pack members


    that will be housing them temporarily.


    “| want to check on the people that came back with Sirona yesterday. I''ll catch up to youter. | still need to check in with Cammy


    to make sure we have enough food and don’t need to go shopping tomorrow.”


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    Eli reaches down and kisses me. “I''ll double check to make sure everyone is settled in the


    packhouse and there aren''t any issues with the housing arrangements.”


    When | arrive at the pack hospital, | can see that there are several rooms still in use. | search for Sirona, finding her talking to


    one of the medical students. She looks up when she hears me.


    “Luna, wee back. | wasn’t sure you''d be back tonight.”


    “Thank you, it’s good to be home. What’s the status of our wounded.”


    She begins taking me room by room. Several are young that are malnourished and dehydrated. They should be released in


    another day or two. The same for a couple of elderly that just need a few days with food and fluids to recover. In thest room is


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    “Your father didn’t ept her rejection, so while she rejected him, his death has made her weak.”


    “What about her son?”


    “Levi is fine. We’re keeping him close and letting her see him any time she wants. She just can’t hold him for very long. He’s an


    active toddler and | wasn’t sure she''d survive the trip back. But she’s strong and she has a will to live.”


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