This was the moment oftruth, the first real, bandage-less glimpses of his body. He thoughtit so strange that he had not been afforded that opportunit... before,but then again, he had never asked for it. He wasn't ready, andcertainly didn't want it. He just thought it odd.With a strange mixture of emotional numbness, stark anxiety, andoverwhelming nausea, Mike stared back at the face in the mirror. Therewere still bandaged taped over his hose, still swelling and bruising,especially around his. ”“Now who’s being cruel?” I frowned.“Cross my heart,” Paul laughed, making a gesture over his left breast. “You should hear the things they say about you. Even I fancy you sometimes.”“Yeah, really!” I sneered sarcastically.“Really! If you weren’t my sister Caro, you’d be in serious danger right now!”I laughed. I could always rely on Paul to cheer me up. His mere presence was healing for me; warm and reassuring.“I can’t face going back to the tent just yet,” he whispered. “Not with all that. His truck wasn't in the driveway. She sat and waited for a while. He'd called and asked her to meet him here. She dialed his cell phone. No answer. With a sigh, she got out and headed into the house."Axe?"There was no response. He wasn't in the kitchen, his bedroom, on the deck or even in the game room. Hailey felt strange. She tried the cell phone again. No answer.She looked around the game room again. She saw the shiny black baby grand in the corner. Well, she shrugged. I guess I'll wait a. Shifting into their animal forms the new Were followed.Tom Larsen like the rest of the pack heard the echo of the call, but they did not feel its intended effect. To them it was just a call they recognized and Tom was not surprised when his son appeared, though he was interested why so many strange new Were followed him."I have come for what is mine father." Blood Fang said, wolf to wolf.Some members of the pack growled at Blood Fang and those that accompanied him, but Tom silenced them."It is.