The brown haired girl knelt next to a small puddle. In her mind she could see the pack only a few miles off. They were going about their usual daily business. It reassured comforted Meinir. She had hated the two weeks that she'd spent walking back to Wales with Rhydian and Jana- she hated having to carry them when they got tired, having to eat human food and most of all having to listen to them talk about cub things. Meinir was no cub anymore and was at that stage where everything about cubs irritated her.

So she wasn't surprised to find herself even more irritated when Jana suggested they stopped at McDonalds before going home. They had found a ten pound note a few days before when they had reluctantly stopped in nearby town to steal some meat from a butcher. Whilst the human food had lasted for nearly the entire journey, they all craved proper meat and Meinir didn't want to leave the cubs alone to go off hunting.

They sat at a small table in the kids section waiting for the food to arrive. Meinir watched in horror as Jana and Rhydian doodled on the paper the waiter had given them. Jana's drawing look like a mess of red, yellow and green- which was supposed to be a wolf playing in a meadow- but Rhydian's drawing actually did look like a wolf- and Meinir silently admitted to herself that Rhydian was a very good artist.

The waiter arrived a few minutes later with their food. Meinir had ordered two burgers whereas Jana and Rhydian had both ordered happy meals. The staff had looked at them oddly when Jana had paid for the food instead of Meinir, but they weren't about to argue with her.

Meinir wolfed down the burgers in a few bites- some human food was actually ok, she thought- but refused to try any chips even when Jana shoved the rest of hers in Meinir's face and told her she had to try one. Meinir worried about Alric would say when she brought the cubs home and he found out that they were obsessed with the human world.

"I can't wait to see the pack," Jana said, wincing as the strawberry milkshake gave her brain freeze.

"Me too," Rhydian said, "Has much changed?"

"No," Meinir replied, "It's only been a couple of months. They haven't even moved territory."

"They were waiting for us," Jana concluded.

"No," Meinir answered, "They didn't expect me to return before they moved on. They weren't expecting you two to try to get back to Wales by yourselves either."

"They wouldn't wait for us?" Jana asked, eyes filling with tears.

"They aren't just going to do whatever you want all the time," Meinir began angrily, "You might be an alpha's daughter Jana but that doesn't mean we're your slaves."

"Meinir," Jana said venomously, "I hate you!"

"Feelings mutual," Meinir said, "You can't imagine just how much of a joy it's been spending these past two weeks with you and Rhydian. Best time of my life!"

Jana stuck her tongue out at Meinir before running off to the back of the restaurant.

"You shouldn't have said that to her," Rhydian said sheepishly.

"I'm sick of her thinking she rules the world," Meinir admitted, "If she hadn't gone running off none of this would have happened in the first place.

"You've gone too far Meinir," Rhydian replied shaking his head, before running after Jana.

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Jane had seen Rhydian running after Jana. She had expected them to turn up here, it was the town where she had originally found them and taken them to McDonalds. She didn't know who the older girl was; Jane suspected that she was their older sister.

Rhydian was hugging Jana, as the little girl cried.

"I know Meinir didn't mean what she said," the blonde haired boy said.

Jana looked up, "Rhydian."

"Don't be upset Jana," the boy continued.

"Rhydian!" she yelled, "Run!"