Morningside Cuesta we'll make a home from the ruins

Khoe hardened her gaze and raised her hackles only slightly, though enough to show her status as mother to the alpha's pups. Although not an alpha herself (she wouldn't have expected the rank either; she'd been raised to know that a mother had the same power as the gods, and no mortal title could overpower that), she demanded respect from those she came across. Khoe Morningside, she answered, rather than sharing the name that most packmates used to call her.

Akuti was gone, and all the memories had would have long died with her.

Mate to Grayday. You say he sent you? she asked, wondering what could have been so special about the femme. She didn't mean to be cold (she was once a warm, loving woman) but motherhood had done something to her; where there was once light, there was darkness, and where there had been vulnerable spots, the flesh had been covered with stone.