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remember what a mate call is. I don’t think our pack did very many of them.”
    “Oh,” Lisa said. “Well, alphas like Adam send out calls to all the other known packs stating that they have unattached male wolves looking for mates. Alphas don’t always post the information, but if they’re fine with getting rid of a few heads for whatever reason, they’ll let the ladies go. But, getting paired up is a crapshoot. A woman could be going into a pack even worse than the one she’s leaving, and once she arrives at her new pack, she’s not generally allowed to leave.”
    “And you wanted to stay?”
    “Yeah. It just so happens that I like my husband. Usually doesn’t work that way. Anyhow, I brought my sisters here to spare them from being matched within our old pack. Our old alpha would have demanded our father give them up on their eighteenth birthdays if I hadn’t. You’ve already met Graciella.”
    Graciella gave Petra a little finger wave and a smile. “Sorry for making you pass out. That’s a weird ability of the women in our line, and it’s been changing lately, for better or worse. I didn’t realize how much.”
    Petra growled softly.
    Graciella patted her head. “I’ll buy you ice cream or something to make up for it.”
    “And on your other side is Leticia,” Lisa said.
    “Hi!” Leticia said sunnily.
    Sunny wolves were suspicious wolves. Petra side-eyed her. “Um. Hi?”
    “We’re just here to keep you from running off into the night before you’ve had a chance to really understand what’s happening,” Lisa said.
    “Far as I can see, I’m being held here against my will.”
    “You can go,” Graciella said. “We hope you’ll stay, but like we said before, everyone here in Norseton wants to be here. This is a young pack. Adam’s building us up pretty much from scratch.”
    “Bunch of rejects,” Leticia said with a chuckle.
    “What do you mean?” Petra asked.
    “Alpha and Mrs. Carbone had to leave their pack in New Jersey with their son and nephew because they were perceived to be a threat to the alpha there. While out traveling, they picked up a couple of other expelled, young, would-be alphas, and the six of them lived on the road for a long time, picking up odd jobs and doing security work. Then one day, they followed a lead here and got themselves permanent jobs. As soon as they got settled in, the men put out calls for mates. We’ve been collecting displaced wolves ever since. I guess that’s sort of our M.O.”
    “Not a bad one to have, right?” Graciella asked. “Everyone in this pack is a little weird. You’ll see what I mean once you’re up and about. Hi, Paul.”
    Paul?
    “Hey,” came the low voice.
    Oh, shit. Petra groaned.
    She couldn’t see the doctor who must have been in the doorway, and that meant he probably couldn’t see much of her, either. She was glad. Just making eye contact with the man put her in attack mode for some damn reason. She didn’t usually get so agitated around a stranger unless her instincts led her to believe they were going to attack first.
    And he probably wasn’t going to attack her. She knew that. But she was wound up all the same.
    “Came to do one last check before I head home for the night,” he said. “I may not be back tomorrow.”
    “Why not?” Leticia asked.
    Petra imagined Paul shrugging. He seemed like the smug, shrugging type.
    “Probably won’t be necessary,” he said. “Is she awake?”
    “Yes.” Leticia scooted to the left edge of the bed, freeing the tension on the covers and allowing Petra to sit up.
    Since Petra seemed to be wearing pajamas and not just one of those dinky open-backed gowns, she sat up, too, and nearly passed out.
    “Shit.” She slapped her hand down on the mattress when she swayed left and someone, probably Graciella, grabbed her arm and straightened her up.
    “Go slow,” Graciella said. “You haven’t had a solid meal in forever, and you’re probably a little anemic. I think the