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She was thankful that a third pack would not crowd them. She'd already been reconsidering their location, and another group would've surely forced her and her family out of the woods. She breathed a sigh of relief, and some of her rising anxiety dissipated.

It is always good to explore your options, she agreed with a wag of her tail. I have been doing the same thing, but this forest is home until they arrive, and she smiled down at her belly. Them, my husband, and I are the only others who live here.

Is it just you and your mate? she wondered in her next breath, curious about the other wolf's situation.