.. after what happened to you, I couldn't let you out of my sight, and I couldn't watch you all the time. I needed your father's help, and I figured a...business in our home would let him help more." What did Dad do before?" I asked."He was in construction, the lead man for a general contractor that bid on small construction jobs, mostly custom houses or small commercial buildings." I asked before, Mom, but didn't get an answer. Where did we live before we moved here?" Tucson," she said.Which. Jeremy was twenty-two, down from university and marking time before going to Sandhurst in January. Jenina had just finished school and was about to embark on a gap year. Two families with similar backgrounds and two young people could not help but hit it off. Looking back, Victoria rated that twenty-four hours the best they had in Germany except the time they spent with the Green Howards.The men did heir business the following morning, had lunch and then Richard Frost said, "Come on. The. " Is everything all right? You don't look very well," I said, sitting beside her."The system is still not functioning properly, but I will be fine soon." It is painful, isn't it?"She nodded."I have cramps," she said and shuddered," It is normal, don't worry about it!"Ten minutes later, she managed to sit up in the bed. Right before my eyes, her body sprang to life. It was amazing. As if some invisible force was reviving her. She reached out and rubbed my chest, then drew herself closer. My. A communal bond. I could smell another man associated with him; not someone he touched often, but shared space with often enough. The similarity of scent told me that it was an adult son.They had to live somewhere nearby.Unable to move my brother’s body with my relatively weak human arms, I returned to the animal state and gently dragged him with my mouth.My wolf-like sense of smell led me to the log cabin further upstream. Fortunately, the man with the rifle was close to home, and I did not.