Two weeks later

"All I'm saying is that I think we have an image problem," Jana began as her pack stared back at her, only half interested. In all fairness they had been having this discussion for the best part of three hours.

She looked around at the den. In the past two weeks it had undergone a massive redecoration. Gone were the crummy glow sticks, instead there was one main light in the central room and several spot lights along the corridor. The walls were decorated in a mixture of greens, dark blue and Tunisian sandcastle (Matei, Jana and Katrina were never going to agree on colour schemes). Matei had even agreed to take down the 'dark side' poster and Katrina had put up a Dalai Lama quote poster in its place, to make the space feel more Zen, apparently. There was one large couch, instead of the wooden crates and several bean bags in various neon colours. Matei had insisted on a good quality bookshelf as well, which was already nearly filled.

"I agree," Katrina said, "Like I've always said. Matei- you layer far too much for autumn- and TJ- what is even going on?"

Matei rolled his eyes and TJ gave Katrina an insulted glare.

Selina smiled, "At least Jana and I got the seal of approval."

"The van," Matei said clearly enunciating each word, "The van."

"Back off," Katrina replied moodily, threatening Matei with a hair pin from her bag, "Back off or I swear..."

"Enough!" Jana yelled, "I'm being serious here. The problem is humans still see us as a threat. When they hear wolfbloods they think of werewolves not people who are just like them. We need to show them what we have in common with them. How our lives are the same as theirs."

"I agree," Matei said, "But is this really the only way?"

"It makes sense," Selina argued, "I like the idea. It's the best way to get new information out there quickly- and to as many people as possible."

"Exactly," Jana replied, "And tomorrow would be a great day to start, what with it being the dark moon and us all having that movie night planned."

Matei sighed loudly, "I think there are better ways. The interviews are going well."

Jana nodded, that was true, she had to admit to herself. Although it was tedious getting asked a billion times if she preferred pork or lamb, and why she had decided to use that particular conference to reveal the secret. What was worse was the magazines- wolfblood fashion, q and a's, and possibly the worst- a special two page spread in Teen Vogue about how Matei was the 'hottest new thing' with poorly concealed innuendoes about hot dogs and howling. After reading that Jana had been angry for days.

"Isn't that Scotland yard guy coming back tomorrow?" Selina asked, "It's just I want to ask him about positions for wolfbloods in the civil service. You know, international relations? He promised it would be mentioned in parliament."

Jana smiled, "Yes, tomorrow at 3pm."

"So you'll be at the Kafe for the morning and lunch time rush?" Katrina asked with a sarcastic eye roll, "That's so typical of you Jana."

Jana laughed loudly and even Matei managed a grin.

"We all need to be here," Jana said, "Even you can come along if you want to Katrina."

"For moral support," TJ said, "Jana is terrified of needles."

Jana rolled her eyes, "TJ! How many times have I told you about bad mouthing your alpha?"

TJ grinned, "Sorry, miss."

Jana shook her head, "They're saying it's just going to be some routine blood work. They got all of the DNA samples they wanted last time."

Matei reached for Jana's hand, and stroked it comfortingly.

"Did they get back to you about that?" Katrina asked carefully.

Jana shook her head, "But I already know from Dr Whitewood that they'll be surprised. I just need to protect the wild pack. Until I get a chance to return. If my dad agrees, if I can get him to trust me, then I can come clean about why my DNA is so different from other wolfbloods. I won't have to lie about being from a genetic defective line of wolfbloods."

TJ winced, "I don't think that story will ever work out too well. You did snap at a reporter that you were an alpha's daughter and that your favourite meat is venison because it's the only right thing for the 'ruling classes' to eat."

Jana rolled her eyes, "That happened once, days ago."

Matei smiled, "But do you know how painful it was? I couldn't go on Tumblr for days without seeing pictures of Jarry. Or redship as it's now being called."

"Jarry?" Katrina asked, "Oh, Jana and Prince Harry. Well you did bring that one on yourself, Jana."

"You would think they'd have more important things to worry about," Jana complained, "What does it matter what make up I wear or what clothes I buy or whether I follow a paleo-litho-tonic diet?"

TJ smiled, "The big guys are the ones who are worried about the science and the security side of things. Everyone else has to make sense of it in a much simpler way."

"I don't understand," Matei added in some confusion, "If you don't want people asking about every part of your life, then why do you like this plan so much?"

"Because it answers all of the questions," Jana said.

"So what's the name going to be?" TJ asked, "Keeping up with the Wolfbloods, Wolftards, Wolf-ella?"

Jana rolled her eyes, "No, we need a catchy but sophisticated name for the vlog."

"Give me strength," Matei said with a sigh, "Are we actually going to do this?"

"Look, you're already the wolfblood equivalent of Zalfie," Selina began, "You two can't even walk down the street without attracting at least one photographer or journalist."

"It's not all bad, Matei," Jana said to him, "Remember how you wanted to be a book vlogger a few years ago? Well you could do weekly book reviews for the channel?"

Matei shrugged, "I guess."

"And we could do a cooking series," Katrina added, "And I absolutely want to do a wild wolfblood outfit of the day video for the pack."

"And I could do a taekwondo video," Selina added, "And maybe TJ and I could do music recommendations."

"That's all great, guys," Jana said, "I think they're all great ideas. But I was thinking more about daily vlogging. I mean what we're usually like on a day to day basis. That's why I wanted to start tomorrow. Dark moon days are the days when wolfbloods are most vulnerable, it will be good to remind people that we're not all tough all the time."

Matei grimaced, "I still think it's too much of a risk. And what do you think the wild pack will say, when you suggest putting them on camera?"

Jana shrugged and then sighed, "It's going to be an interesting conversation."

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Amanda looked at Matei worriedly as he closed the front door behind him and shuffled into the kitchen, dragging his feet. The past few weeks had been hard on them- first Emilia going to live with the wild pack and all the worry and panic that had caused, and then the big reveal. Amanda had been cooking spaghetti Carbonara practically every day to try to cheer up Matei. But it was obvious just how much stress he was under.

"How did the pack meeting go?" Amanda asked, in as steady voice as possible, "Is Jana still worrying about the blood tests tomorrow? I've got some instrumental meditation music CDs that might help."

Matei smiled, "I'm sure she'll be fine. The pack meeting was ok."

"Sure?" Amanda asked, "Because your tail's been dragging on the floor ever since you came in."

Matei rolled his eyes, it was only a matter of time before his foster parents started making terrible wolf jokes.

"It's just," Matei began, "Jana has this idea. She wants to turn us into vloggers. You know, filming our daily lives, to try at make us seem more human."

Amanda bit her lip in thought, "It's not a terrible idea. I think it would help people see that wolfbloods aren't so much of a threat. After all, what helped John and I cope with the news was being able to realise that you and your sister were still the same people we love."

Matei nodded, "I just hate the idea of getting into a big argument with Jana. I mean, you know how much I love her, and how much I'd do anything for her, but I don't like the idea of having my private life broadcast to the world."

Amanda sighed, "Matei. I'll be honest with you. If you didn't want your private life broadcast to the world then you shouldn't have wolfed out at that conference. It's only normal for humans to want to know everything about wolfbloods and you have to accept that for at least a while you're not going to get much of a break. What Jana's suggesting is a pre-emptive strike where you'll get to control what the humans see. It's a compromise that I think you'll find a lot easier to deal with."

Matei grimaced, "It still doesn't feel right to me."

"Give it a go," Amanda suggested, "If Jana's decided to do this then the best thing is to support her decision. You can decide later on if you want to be a part of the videos or not. But if Jana's made this decision for her life then you should be there for her no matter if you agree with her choice or not."

Matei nodded, "So you're saying that I should support her, even if I don't agree with her decision?"

Amanda nodded, "Exactly. Now come on, let's get dinner started, we have a lot of packing to do for your trip to the wild pack and knowing how you are on dark moon days we better start tonight.

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"And here we have a wolfblood in her natural environment," TJ said to camera, in his best David Attenborough voice "Sitting on her sofa, watching netflix, and stuffing her face with bacon."

Jana launched a pillow at TJ, and the pack cheered when it hit TJ right on target.

"And here comes the alpha male," TJ continued as Matei walked into the living room area, "Carrying with him a bag of fizzy worms, a key part of the courting ritual for the two alphas..."

"TJ!" Jana yelled.

"You can see the lone male approaching the alpha female as we speak," TJ replied, "Passing her the gift and... Guys, seriously, kids watch this!"

Jana rolled her eyes, as Matei stopped kissing her, his arm still wrapped around her shoulders.

"Well at least it got you to shut up," Selina answered.

Jana laughed, "I told you not to muck around TJ! This isn't a joke. Do you now how long it takes to edit a video?"

"How are the views looking?" Matei asked.

"Three million subscribers already," Jana said, "And five million views on last night's video. The new channels even reported feedbacks been generally quite good. Our younger viewers seem to be loving it. Although I'm going to have to make a cooking tutorial for last night's dinner and spend at least the next two hours replying to questions in the comments section."

"I hope not," Katrina replied, "It's movie night."

"Please tell me we're not watching mean girls again," Matei replied grumpily.

"No this time around it's Jana's turn to choose," Katrina said, before going to the kitchen to grab some more popcorn and the various sausage rolls, hot-dogs and chicken nuggets that they'd spent the day preparing."

"Please not Frozen," TJ begged, "Do know how difficult it is living in a house with two female alphas who both love that movie?"

"Wait, Imara likes Frozen?" Selina asked in disbelief.

TJ nodded, "I know, I know. It's so embarrassing."

"Actually I was going to choose Mulan," Jana said.

"What is the obsession with Disney Princesses?" TJ asked, as he grabbed a handful of popcorn.

"We should so go to Disney World for Christmas," Katrina said, "Maybe Emilia, Gwyn and Cadwr could come with us too."

"And Aran," Jana said, "He loved that video of it's a small world and he was so happy when we took him to the Disney store and the shopping complex."

"When did that happen?" TJ asked, "I didn't think he had much time for shopping when he was here with Meinir."

"Meinir insisted on getting gifts for the cubs," Jana replied, "The packs changed a lot now. I was the one who was responsible for bringing the dream catcher obsession to the pack. Before that they hadn't even heard of Native American culture, would you believe? Now my father no longer has any strict rules about human possessions. If you can carry it, then you can keep it."

"Do you know when the pack will be moving on to their winter territory?" Matei asked, "It's just I want to make sure Emilia is able to visit for Christmas."

"You don't need to worry," Jana said, taking his hand in hers, "Aran and my father will be coming here for Christmas too with cubs, of course, they'll make sure Emilia isn't left behind."

Matei smiled, "I can't wait to see her. I wonder how she's doing, if she's liking to wild pack. I just hope she isn't too home sick."

"Don't take this the wrong way, Matei," Jana answered, "But she likely won't have a lot of time to think about home. When she moved to the wild she didn't know Ancian or Eolas, they'll be prioritising teaching her that. Then she'll be learning how to hunt, how to make tools and ritual decorations, repair tents, stuff like that. And she'll have so much to learn about the pack traditions."

"And then there's a her lessons about being a fire walker," Katrina added, "Didn't your father say he was going to contact another pack to find an expert?"

Jana nodded, "Wild packs live a good distance from each other most of the time, but they are connected through marriage alliances."

Matei went pale at that, "They... They... They won't make Emilia marry will they? She's only thirteen!"

Jana smiled sympathetically, "She's young even by wolfblood standards, and fire walker or not, she is still only a delta wolf at the moment. She'll be allowed to marry whoever she likes, whenever she likes, unless my father decides to make her his heir of course, which is unlikely, but even then she'll still have a lot of choice over her alpha."

Matei let out a relieved sigh, "I feel so dumb for wanting to run off and become wild before. It's definitely not an easy life style. I can't believe I was so naive."

"Well," Jana said with a smile, "That's because you didn't know me before."

"You know we're still filming right?" TJ said.

"Talking about that," Jana began, "I might be doing something quite big tomorrow, if everything goes to plan."

Katrina and the rest of the pack looked at her in confusion, "What?"

Jana sighed, "Filming the wild pack."

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Rhydian cussed again as he reached voice-mail and threw the phone at the wall. Luckily it wasn't his IPhone otherwise it would have shattered. How could Jana be so stupid?

"What was she thinking?" Emma yelled, "First revealing the secret, then making vlogs about it. Especially after everything that happened with Shannon when she filmed us. The secret was secret for a reason. I've tried to understand, honestly I have, but all she's done is put us in danger. It's sheer luck that we're living out in such a remote area. If people knew about us, can you imagine?"

Dan nodded in agreement, "We took her in. She might not have been in our pack, but she almost good as was. I thought we made it clear to her about how important the secret was. Now not only has she revealed it, but she's adding salt to the wound."

"Like I've always said," Emma added, "Wild wolfbloods don't belong in the human world. They don't know what it's like. The best thing Jana can do now is to move back to the wild pack with her Newcastle pack and keep her head down."

"Enough!" Rhydian snapped, "How is keeping Jana away from the human world going to fix anything? At the moment the only wolfbloods they know about are the ones in Jana's pack and working for Segolia. We're safe."

"Are you forgetting that it was Segolia who set up our move to Canada?" Emma asked, "Our names will be discovered soon enough and with Mr Jeffries' novel as well. Don't think for a second that people won't find out who we are."

Maddy trudged grumpily into the living room, and sat down on one the sofas, "We thought we could trust Jana. I guess we were all wrong."

"Jana's naive," Rhydian argued, "Not dangerous. You've been keeping the secret for all your lives, your family has been living alongside humans for hundreds of years. You know what the burning times were like for wolfbloods and your family survived them. You know what it's like to live with humans for years and years, Jana doesn't. She needs our help. Otherwise she's going to keep on making these terrible mistakes again and again."

"No," Emma said, "This time we're staying out of it. She's gone too far."

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"The usual?" Kay asked half heartedly, as Matei walked glumly into the Kafe, his hands in his coast pockets.

Matei smiled, "Yes, please."

"So today's the big adventure?" Kara asked as she joined Kay at the counter, "I hope the weather stays good for you. It's a five hour hike isn't it?"

Matei nodded, with a grin, "According to Jana it's just like a walk to the corner shop for her."

"Yes, well," Kay argued, "She gets to run around in wolf form, so it probably takes less time for her."

"I wonder how fast wolfbloods can run?" Kara asked curiously, "I mean Rhydian was always very fast in human form, imagine him as a wolf though."

"Oh, God," Kay said, "I need to be able to focus on my work today, not thinking about Rhydian as a wolf."

Matei raised his eyebrows momentarily before Katrina and Jana walked through the Kafe door, bearing several carrier bags.

"Snacks," Jana explained, "And some proper hiking gear, now that the snows settled, duffle coats and ballerina pumps aren't going to cut it."

"And not to mention that your boots were beginning to resemble emmental cheese," Katrina added.

Jana nodded, "I got these for you."

Jana passed Matei a plan wait carrier bag, inside was a blue fleece jacket, and a copy of a book by his favourite author. One that he'd been saving up for.

Matei smiled, "Thank you, Jana."

"It's a three hour car journey," Jana said, "I didn't want you to get bored. And we are staying for four days, and wildies aren't exactly big on libraries."

Matei smiled, "Well, just give me a few days and I'll convert them."

Jana laughed, "I noticed you got coffee again. I thought you were cutting down."

"I'm not having any coffee for three days," Matei said with a grimace, "Please let me have at least one before we go. Do you want me to turn into a grouchy old wolf?"

The Ks laughed, as Jana and Matei made mock snarling and howling noises at each other.

"Thanks for this," Katrina said, "I owe you big time."

"Me too," Jana added.

"Well," Kara added, "So long as you're letting us help with that wolfblood make over video then we're more than happy to help."

"Now stop flirting you two" Katrina yelled, "We need to get moving."

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Matei turned down the radio, earning an eye roll from Katrina and a smile for TJ and Jana who were sitting in the back of the car with him.

"What?" Matei asked defensively, "How am I supposed to appreciate an epic battle scene with One Direction blaring out?"

Katrina shook her head, "I wonder what's going to happen if we arrive at the clearing and you're only fifty pages away from the end. I'm not going to sit around waiting for you."

"This is the problem these days," Matei complained, "No one has any respect for reading enthusiasts. It's all movies and TV shows. It's horrific that most of the people in my class at school have never read George Orwell or Harper Lee or even Salinger, and I don't even like Salinger."

Katrina let out a sigh, "This is going to be a long day."

"Normal wolfblood- freaking out at only having vegan options for dinner," TJ began mockingly, "Matei- freaking out at a lack of good literature on the school syllabus."

"Well at least Mr Jeffries's sequel is going to be out next week," Jana said.

"I feel sorry for Mr Jeffries," TJ said, "He doesn't realise what he's letting himself in for."

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Meinir pushed Aran over, and he landed in the mud with a loud thud. She burst out laughing before offering his a hand and ruffling his hair playfully.

"Aran, Aran, Aran," Meinir said with a disapproving smile, "How many times are you going to ignore my advice about watching your left side?"

Emilia grinned, "Will you teach me that move? It was awesome."

"Of course," Meinir said with a shrug, "But there's no hope left for you little brother."

Aran rolled his eyes, "How do you know that I wasn't letting you win? What with you being human and all."

Meinir narrowed her eyes and pointed an accusatory finger at him, "Because, if you even dared..."

Meinir stopped as she notice Aran sniffing the air.

"They're early," Meinir said, "Ceri and Gerwyn said they wouldn't be here until just before sunset."

"Jana must be setting a hard pace this time," Aran replied, "You remember what she was like, back on moving days."

"Let's put it this way," Meinir replied, "I wish I had elixir of the devil back then. I needed it."

Emilia laughed, grinning merrily, "Matei and Jana! They're going to be here soon? And TJ and Selina and what about Katrina?"

"Find out for yourself, carriad," Meinir said, "Go on."

Emilia nodded obediently, before placing a hand in a tuft of wild grass, feeling the soft damp soil beneath her fingers, she breathed slowly, slowing her heart rate and allowing her mind to merge with the wood around her. And it worked.

She lost her focus for a moment with the joy of finally being able to use Eolas but quickly regained it. There they all were, about three or so miles from the camp. And Katrina was with them, surprisingly enough keeping up a good pace although she was clearly tired and frustrate with Jana for going too fast. As for Matei, he looked quite tired too, but Emilia could sense the excitement flooding through him. TJ and Selina were bickering as usual, and Emilia couldn't help grinning as she heard their argument. It was about some comment TJ had made about Selina was sensible all the time. Emilia felt a little pang in her heart, she had missed their banter.

Meinir looked at her student with immense pride, "See. I told you you'd master it."

"What about Ancian?" Emilia asked.

"Not all wolfbloods can master that," Aran said cautiously, "But now go and run to your brother. I'll go and get Alric."

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Jana smiled to the rest of her pack, "We're only a few minutes away. Come on, we'll make it. You should see what feast nights are like! We're going to eat like royalty tonight."

Katrina looked at her incredulously, "You said we were only a a few minutes away half an hour ago."

"Ok," Jana replied, "When I said that before I meant it in wolfblood terms. A few minutes to a wolfblood is significantly longer than a few minutes to a human. Time move much more slowly out here."

"Ok, ok," Katrina said, "But they better not be serving raw meat tonight. I don't want tapeworms."

Jana smiled, "Meinir, Ceri and Gerwyn are visiting the pack for a couple of weeks too. Gerwyn hates raw meat, so you'll be in luck."

"I'm more worried about having to pee behind a bush for the next few days," TJ replied, "And no showers."

"You'll get over it," Jana replied, "And anyway, the no showers thing is actually false. It's just no one likes freezing cold water so we tend not to bother too often."

"And where will we be staying?" Katrina asked, "We didn't bring any tents."

"Don't need to," Jana added, "The pack had a few going spare. Don't worry, it's just my old tent from when I was a kid and the one I was living in until last year when I left. They're massive and they even have carpets."

"Carpets?" Katrina asked.

"Yeah, fur carpets," Jana said, "Alpha's daughters are only allowed the best."

TJ rolled his eyes, "Yes, of course, your majesty. I'm assuming you and your prince consort will be getting a tent all to yourselves?"

"I hope so," Selina replied, "No offence, but I do need a break from you two every now and then."

Matei sniffed the air delicately, Jana following his lead.

He let out a wide grin, tears of happiness glistening in his eyes.

"Go on," Jana said, "Tell my father I'll be along in a moment."

Matei kissed Jana before transforming and darting off into the distance.

"Not that far," Jana added, before almost jumping as her father and Aran landed on the ground beside her.

"You're getting too tame," Aran complained, "Either that or your forgetting all your years of training."

Jana grinned, rolling her eyes and shaking her head, "Good to see you too, Aran."

Her friend hugged her tightly, before Jana turned to her father, bowing slightly, her pack following suit.

"Come here, carriad," Alric said to his daughter, hugging her and kissing her head, "We have much to discuss."

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They sat before what Katrina assumed was supposed to be a low dinning table. They were in one Jana's tents, and it was actually quite comfortable. The fur beneath her hands felt soft and relaxing and there were even some decorations. Jana's bow and arrows had been moved from the weapons tent too and had been tied into the side of the tent.

Their sleeping bags and rucksacks had been dumped in one corner of the tent and now Alric, Aran, Meinir, Cadwr and Gwyn, Emilia, Ceri and Gerwyn and the whole of Jana's pack were cramped into the small space.

Katrina watched as Jana ravenously devoured another handful of the red berries and with an encouraging nod from Jana she tried one too, finding it deliciously refreshing and sweet.

Alric smiled, "It's good to see you so healthy, Jana. Even the last time I saw you, I could tell you still weren't yourself, a little too pale, a little feverish. But now, now that's the daughter I remember. Although I do worry about you losing your abilities. You must come to the wild more often, and you must train with Meinir and Aran."

Meinir smiled, "Jana could help with Emilia's lessons. I'm only human and Aran has been lazy of late."

Aran gave Meinir an insulted look, "You've always been a better fighter than me. And I go easy on you because you're my sister."

"You should know better," Alric commanded, "Meinir has never given you a break just because you're her younger brother."

Matei smiled and Emilia looked up at him with utter happiness. They sat together tucked into one of the corners of the tent, Matei sitting with an arm around her shoulders as she explained in hushed tones about everything she had learnt over the past few weeks and nagged him to try all the different foods- even some of the raw meat.

"So you're not mad at me?" Jana asked her father, with concerned eyes.

Alric reached out to stroke Jana's hair, "Your mother. I never did talk about her much, and much less about our life before we had you. I should have, you remind me so much of her. And you're beginning to look more like her too, not just the hair and the eyes, but the way you smile and laugh and the way you don't take any nonsense from anyone. Your mother she wanted me to be more accepting of humans. She felt that one day humans and wolfbloods could work together even. She didn't know about Segolia, but your mother was like Ceri, had a way of knowing things. She would be so proud of you and so disappointed by how afraid I was for so many years-."

"Dad," Jana said, sympathetically, placing a hand on his as tears ran down her face.

"You know that's not true," Gerwyn argued, "Arianne was always so proud of you. Hero worshipped you even."

Ceri smiled, "She was my best friend since we were babies. No matter how many times you were mean to her as a child, she never left you alone. You were true enaid cymar alffas. Nothing you ever did could ever disappoint her."

Gerwyn nodded in agreement, "She'd be happy to see how things have turned out. I don't like how it all happened but, what's done is done. We should focus on creating the kind of world that Arianne wanted to see."

Ceri nodded in agreement, "Jana's right, we can't expect acceptance if we're too afraid to even be noticed. We have to work past our fear now."

"My only concern is how our way of life will be protected," Alric said, "If there are cameras crews descending on us every few minutes we won't be able to carry on with our way of life."

Jana nodded understandingly, "There are laws. But they'll be easier to enforce if people know about the wild pack and are not afraid of it. I know the elders might not approve but the last thing you need is humans stumbling on the pack and attacking you. If they know you exist then you'll be able to live a much more peaceful life than having to hide in the shadows just waiting for an attack."

Meinir nodded in agreement, "It feels good. To have the chance to have my wolf with me in both world, even if she's no longer a part of me, I still can have that in the human world too now. It feels like I'll never really lose her."

Aran smiled, "I agree to be in the video no matter what the elders say. My life is split between the human world and the wild wood and I'm not about to abandon either part of my life. I trust Jana when she says we don't need to."

The cubs nodded too, before Gwyn spoke, "I saw that video, if you don't want humans just to think we're a threat, then you need to help."

Jana looked at Gwyn with stern eyes, not quite believing just how much the cub had spoken out of turn.

"Then it's done," Alric said, "I'll take part in your wild pack q and a video, and the father and daughter one, just so long as you ensure that our way of life is protecting by your human laws."

Jana bowed, "Of course, father. I won't let you down."

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Emilia gazed over at the tent, "I thought Matei wouldn't be allowed to stay with Jana tonight. I mean I know they're a couple but still, I thought her father would see it as improper."

"Why?" Cadwr asked in amused confusion, "If they're enaid cymar alffas then they should be living together. In all fairness they should be married, if they aren't already of course."

Emilia frowned, "Amanda and John would bury Matei alive if he and Jana ran off and had a secret wedding."

"You still have so much to learn," Cadwr said with a grin, "Yes, wild wolves have handfasting ceremonies but the actual wedding in itself is a much more private affair."

Emilia looked at Cadwr with a shocked expression.

"Not tonight surely?" Emilia asked.

Cadwr looked back at Emilia with a cheeky smile, noticing her shocked expression and then looking back again in the direction of his former alpha's tent.

"We have an expression in the wild pack," he began, "If the tent is rocking, don't come a knocking."

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Jana kissed Matei fiercely, earning a laugh from the young boy. It was good to finally get some time to themselves. And although Matei had been timid at first about being too intimate around Jana with the pack so close by Jana had reassured him that the pack would be more worried about them not being overly romantic towards each other than concerned about Jana's innocence.

That's why Matei was astounded when he was told that he was going to be sleeping in Jana's tent for the duration of their stay and giving a supportive pat on the back not only from Aran and Meinir but even from Alric.

"Matei," Jana said with a smile, "Don't be so afraid. The others are all asleep."

Matei let out a nervous sigh, "Are you sure about this? Absolutely sure?"

Jana smiled and nodded, "Absolutely. I absolutely want this."

Matei grinned nervously, and Jana reached up to run a hand through his hair, telling his silently to not be so afraid. That she was ok, that the world was going to be ok, and that right now they only belonged to each other, and that was all they should be focused on.

Matei let his nervousness slip away and focused on Jana. He couldn't believe how lucky he was to have someone as amazing as her in his life, someone so beautiful. His enaid cymar alffa. He loved her so much.

Jana looked up at his with loving eyes, the same unspoken words being said, and kissed him passionately.

The moonlight glistened in the sky above them, a small beam shinning through into the tent, illuminating them slightly, the furs beneath them softer than silk and the crickets and owls outside singing the most beautiful melody.

And right then they were the only two wolves in the world.

And all that mattered was that they were true enaid cymar alffas.

And that nothing in the world would ever stop them loving each other.

They would fight together, live together, and walk same the path for the rest of their lives and no one would ever stop them.

Because no matter where the were or what was going on in the world around them

They would always be one.

THE END

Thanks for all of the reviews!

I'm glad you enjoyed my fanfic so much and I hope to write a fanfic for series 5 later on this year.