The other Pack children ran out to greet them as their parents arrived for the Winter Gathering. Emma, swollen with her second child, a brother for Jade, stood with Kari and Perri, watching the children play. Kari smiled at the scene and tried not to grimace as her sons crashed into each other and roughhoused in the snow. Helene, Julia, Marie and Mimi snorted and went back to their expansive snow family. Jack walked in with Alyssa, her son and their daughter. It turned out that Alyssa had been holding back from committing to Jack because she was a werewolf. Small world. She’d joined the Pack three years before and she’d gotten pregnant with Drea soon after. Jack and Alyssa had followed Sean’s example and built a home about a mile from the lodge. Perri and Devon had considered it but they both loved Portland so much that they didn’t want to leave it behind. Andreas, their son, conceived after two years and four rounds of IVF, was a frequent visitor at the lodge, though, and was adored by his cousins.
