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just a shadow of who I used to be.
    His face changed and he seemed to consider something; with a look of resolve he sighed before speaking. “I was sent here to find you and take you back.”
    Though I wasn’t all that surprised I felt a rush of heat darken my face. “By whom? You clearly know more about me than I know about you and I want to know why.”
    He watched me for a moment considering again. “Jack’s grandmother sent me.”
    “Elder Coon,” I asked. I was feeling sick but this time it had to do with past demons, not current ones.
    He nodded sharply. “She wants you to regain control of your pack.”
    “She’s the reason I’m not in the pack. She’s the reason Jack is dead. Now she wants to repent? It’s too late; I lost the pack fair and square. I’m sure she can jimmy the Challenges in her favor and find the perfect Alpha if she’s unhappy with the current one.” I wanted to tell him to leave, after entering my home on false pretenses and then finding out he was working for the enemy, but I couldn’t. I didn’t want to be alone with my nightmares, more than I hated the fact that he had lied to me.
    “Sugar, you don’t know the whole story.” He glared and his own face reddened with anger. “She has to follow what the majority of the Council votes. She’s not running the Elders single-handedly.”
    “Your precious Council .” I spat like an angry kitten. “You’re just another meat puppet, like Jack had been. He put all his faith and loyalty into that Council and its wise Elders, and look what it got him; they bled him dry. They turned on him the first time he stepped out of line. They didn’t like the idea of mixing the bloods.” I shook my head in pity. “They are all a bunch of stupid, ignorant, self serving bastards!” The last part came out as an angry scream.
    The muscles of his jaw twitched. “You don’t know what you’re talking about. You have been a part of this race for only a couple of years, just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean they are corrupt.”
    I pointed at my chest and leaned forward. “I will remind you only once. I was Born of this race. What I don’t understand is how they left me and my bitten pack to die under the hand of a madman that they created with their own closed-minded rules. David was a Born wolf who became insane because of the incest, and when they didn’t do their job and take care of him, he ran away and killed my family! I asked for help but because I was considered by your beloved Council to be a bitten wolf they turned up their noses and left me and my pack for dead. I think I understand perfectly; they need me now. Otherwise they would happily be rid of me, but for some reason or another they need me and I’m supposed to roll over and beg? I know we don’t know each other very well, but I will tell you this much, I don’t beg to anyone.”
    Gage didn't move away from the wall and the lack of emotion on his face reminded me just how mad I really was. "Get the fuck out of my house." I pointed at the door. If Jack came for me now he’d be surprised at how ready for a fight I was.
    Again Gage didn't move with a stubborn set to his shoulders.
    "Gage whatever your last name is; I enter you into my pack, now get out. I need time to think."
    He pushed away from the wall looking smug and pissed all at the same time. The door slammed behind him and echoed in the nearly empty room reminding me that I was again alone. I surveyed my feelings, something I had learned from my books. If you can organize your emotions and the cause of those emotions then you don't need to fly into a rage. I breathed and thought them through: betrayal, old and new, and anger, an old familiar friend, caused by betrayal. Sadness, over learning I had failed my pack... then there was one tiny emotion that I had learned to pretty much eliminate over the past fifteen months...hope. I had another chance to be with my family, my exile was coming to an end. I