#Chapter 47 – Home again

“MAMAAAA!” I lurch to my feet out of a straight sleep when I hear my son’s voice calling to me. Edgar next to me shudders awake, though he manages to stay in bed.

“What’s happening?” He murmurs, staring around bleerily.

“They’re back,” I say, pulling a blanket around my shoulders and ducking out the door.

From my vantage on the cabin’s short deck I see three figures walking in from the forest. I squint my eyes, trying to make out details. Disheveled, their t-shirts ripped – mud on their pants and boots – tiny scratches everywhere – and huge smiles on their faces.

I exhale a big breath. They’re okay. They’re happy.

“Boys!” I call, raising a hand to wave to them. At the sound of my voice, the boys start to run to me, though I can tell by their pace that they’re bone tired. I laugh, considering that of course they are after a night running through the woods.

Victor doesn’t pick up the pace, but wanders leisurely behind them, his hands in his pockets. I can see that he is smiling as well.

Ian is the first one up the three steps to the cabin’s porch. He throws his arms around my legs, shortly followed by Alvin, who does the same. “Mama!” Ian says, looking up at me. “It was amaaaaazing!”

I laugh down at them, cossetting their hair, their faces, trying to look at them both at once. “I want to hear all about it!”

“We saw everything, mama!”

“There was a deer!”

“And a lake! A big LAKE all silver in the moonlight!”

I oooh and ahhh as they tell me jumbled details. My eyes follow Victor as he climbs up onto the porch. The boys are still talking as he stops in front of me, leaning against one of the wooden pillars and giving me a smile.

“So, did you have as much fun as they did?” I say, nodding to the boys.

“It was amazing,” he confirms, holding my gaze. “I know they’re going to do their best to tell you every detail but it was…indescribable.”

I smile at him, truly feeling warmth towards this man who has given my children this gift, their first wolf’s moon. “Thank you, Victor. I’m so grateful.”

and shrugs. “I was about to say the

have lost my attention. “Can we have breakfast? We

confused. “Didn’t you eat

Alvin says, wrinkling his nose in horror. “You thought we were

“That’s what we did on my

squirrels!?” Ian joins Alvin in his

close to their faces. “And they

from me and running down towards the fire where Betas are already

laughing. “The fuzzy way they feel

a fair impression of Alvin’s

long and boring, you’ve got to add a little spice when you can.” I start down towards the campfire and

eat any squirrels, right?”

my eyes down like a 40’s

by the fire. I offer to help, but the Betas shoo me away, pressing coffee into my hands and promising scrambled eggs. Ignoring the guilt, I let them pamper me a little, snuggling down into my chair and enjoying the fresh morning

Beta, accepting his own

I imagine she’ll sleep late,” he

taking a plate of fruit and starting

he looks

hands me a plate with eggs and toast. I murmur my

all night with

didn’t have cell reception out here, so that’s impossible. And two,” I say, not letting him interrupt me as he opens

actually spews coffee from his mouth at this, like an old-fashioned sitcom spit-take. The boys laugh with delight at the sight and I can see their plans already forming to copy him, spitting out their own drinks. I narrow my eyes at them, pointing

as he mops coffee off of his already-filthy shirt. “She brought it

two are getting along, and that’s all

I say, my mouth full of egg. “A good butt really does bond two

the boys laugh at my joke. I wink at them,

we finish up breakfast, Victor confers with the Betas and I overhear him telling

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