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understand what in the world the elders
were talking about, but he did register the moment his father leaned over him,
now in human form. "Moon be blessed, Saul..." the other werewolf
whispered. "Can you hear me?"
    Saul managed to release a small, tormented whimper. The
poison from the silver was already entering his blood stream, and he knew that
any moment now, he'd lose consciousness.
    "Finn!" his father shouted, calling for his
brother. "Get a doctor in here."
    Saul heard rushed footsteps, his brother's voice, then
agitated murmurs somewhere in the distance. All the while, his father kept
trying to help him, murmuring comforting whispers to Saul.
    "Stop being so dramatic, Dean," Terrence said.
"He'll be fine. He's a born Alpha, and he will do his duty to—"
    "Enough!" his father interrupted the elder,
temporarily looking away from Saul. "I don't care about what you have to
say. I don't care what definitions you give to this duty you keep speaking off.
I'm sick and tired of living under your threats. You've gone too far this time,
and you will pay for it if it's the last thing I do."
    "And who will make me pay?" Terrence laughed.
"You? You don't deserve to be Alpha. You are weak. You—"
    The last of the words were interrupted by a garbled scream as
the Alpha shot to his feet, lifted his claws and raked them over the elder's
face.
    "Yes, I am weak," he said calmly. "I was weak
when I didn't pursue my dream, when I let people like you guide my choices
instead of claiming my true mate. I did get two wonderful sons out of it, but
I'll always regret losing my other half. And I'll be damned if I'll allow any
of you to tarnish that memory, or hurt my beloved sons."
    The exchange confused Saul, which given his current
condition, wasn't surprising. However, he could still experience a measure of
satisfaction as Terrence staggered back, and Lisbet released a gasp. "This
is an outrage," she said. "You can't do this."
    "Oh, yes, I can. Until my son can claim his rightful
position as Alpha, I am still the leader of this pack. And guess what, Lisbet?
You're out of it. You're officially rogue. You shot my son, a member of your
own pack, to achieve your own ends. Get off my pack lands before I hunt you
down and kill you myself."
    With that, Saul's father knelt next to him once more.
"It's all right," he said, caressing Saul's fur. "We'll take
care of you, son."
    That was the last thing Saul registered before the burn from
his wound spread out all over his body and the world went black.
     

Chapter Seven
     
    Two weeks later
    He was running out of ham. Gavin eyed the contents of the
fridge in displeasure and retrieved the last of the product. "I need to go
shopping," he mumbled under his breath.
    As he carried his prey to the counter, Jessie sighed heavily.
"Hon, I'm worried about you. Eating won't help you snap out of this funk
and gaining weight won't do anything for your self-esteem."
    Gavin ignored him. He added three slices of ham to his
sandwich, then mentally said a ‘what the hell' and added the remaining three.
Jessie released a disgruntled groan. He tried to reach for Gavin's sandwich,
but retreated when Gavin shot him an ugly look. "You have to do something
about this depression you're in. Hell, I hate to say this, but you might be
better off calling Richard again."
    "I don't want to call Richard." Gavin bit down on
the sandwich and moaned in delight. "Damn this is really good. I really
need to buy more of this ham."
    "You're acting really strangely, Gav," Jessie
pointed out. "You didn't even like this type of food before."
    "I know, Jess," Gavin replied between bites.
"But people change, right?"
    He finished the sandwich and licked his fingers. Damn, he was
still hungry. He hated to admit it, but he probably did have an eating problem.
Lately, he just seemed to be stuffing himself with all sorts of food, mostly
meats, and he never quite had enough.
    Sadly, his appetite also came with an even less welcome
development. No