Mary was confused why the marshal was pleased with the new arrangement. Not having Larabee's pack present or the other supernaturals around, left a pretty deserted town. All she had worked to build this town was now regressing. She didn't have much time to mull over this new-found problem though, as a howl in the distance had her on the alert. It was just after dark, and it was a full moon over head. Her first thoughts were to find and secure Billy somewhere safe. She picked up her rifle and carried it to the door, looking out the window. She couldn't see much; some townspeople were looking to the opposite direction of where Larabee's land was. Billy was with some of his friends on the boardwalk across the street. He had been staying over his friend's house for the night. Her heart missed a beat and she opened the door. She called her son to her and the young boy ran to her. Feeling comfort with an arm around his small frame, she saw what the other townspeople had been looking at. It looked to be about twenty werewolves at the end of town. They all looked poised to attack. The marshal was standing between them and the townspeople with a few other hunters in town backing him up. Then chaos erupted and screams were heard. Bullets were fired and blood soaked into the thirsty ground. Citizens ran for safety while others tried to escape on foot.

Mary took the first opportunity she got to make a break for a horse with her son. Lifting the eight-year-old into the saddle, she quickly followed him up. Spurring the horse out of town, she tried to think of some place safe to go. Others who could flee took off in the same direction. The ones who sought shelter in town were held up in the jail or in bunkers.

"Mama, where are we gonna go?" Billy asked after they had made it out of town.

Mary looked over her shoulder and saw the destruction of her beloved town. Some fires were being started.

"To go get help." She said with conviction. She had worked too hard to see this town fail. Spurring the horse towards Larabee's land, she prayed that she could find help there. Anyone who still cared about the town.

Chris stood by and watched as JD in his wolf form, ran around, occasionally wrestling with Buck who had yet to shift. Vin had already shifted and happily curled around the wolf that was Nettie. Casey tried to join in the fun with JD, but the youth didn't understand yet that the girl had a crush on him and never paid her much attention. Ezra was holed up indoors, not wanting to come out yet. Nathan and Rain sat near the fire, watching their packmates with Inez and Josiah talking on the other side of the fire. Other camp fires were lit as other families with werewolves enjoying the ability to shift in their other forms and stretching their legs.

"You think he's going to come out and join us?" Buck asked after he settled down next to his wife.

"He's still wary of what may happen during his shift." Josiah tried to explain.

"Hell, it's been a year and he's had no real accidents during other full moons." Buck sighed.

"Give him time. It's still all pretty new to him, not everybody can be born into it." Inez reminded him.

Chris's head snapped towards the darkness and he slowly got to his feet. Buck and Vin instantly registered the change and got to their feet.

A few minutes later saw Mary riding her horse cautiously through the werewolves, witches and warlocks. All of them looked at her, ready to jump on the defense, even though they all knew her, they knew that she could give away their location and send hunters to kill them. Billy sucked in his breath at seeing some of the young children he had played with, now little werewolves.

Mary didn't stop the horse until she was near Chris's main campfire. She slipped off the horse and drew her shoulders back.

"Trouble has broken in town. We need your help." She said, the deafening silence only warded off by the crackling of the fire. Everyone was listening to her.

"Ain't our problem." Chris said dismissively.

"Since you left, another pack has come in, but they are only looking to kill and destroy. Please," she turned to the crowd who were listening in on the conversation, "if any of you ever cared about this town, you would help save it. I've known some of your families for years." She turned back to Chris, "This is your territory is it not? Four Corners falls under your turf. Defend it."

Chris didn't say anything, but just turned and walked away. Buck stopped her from following the man and went after him himself.

"She's right you know. If we do nothing, what's to stop them or others moving further and coming here?" He gave a lethal grin, "Besides, I could use some exercise and I know you can't stand being domesticated for too long."

Chris returned Buck's grin with a smile of his own, "Peace never seems to last long around us. The others?"

Buck looked to Nathan, Josiah, Inez and Rain. They all nodded. Vin was a given.

"Who should we stick to babysit Ezra?" Chris grinned.

"Unnecessary, I assure you." Ezra grunted, stepping into the light. He had emerged from his room when he caught Mary's scent. Though he was reluctant to be outside, he wasn't willing to be left behind.

"I see you've got a better grips on your shift." Chris noted.

"As Buck so eloquently put it the other day, I'm a 'stubborn cuss who never knows when to quit'."

Chris smiled at him, but then was serious again, "You sure you want to come along? You might lose control and you've just got it."

"If they think they can burn down my lovely saloon, they have another thing coming."

Chris called forth the head of the families and asked any who were willing to help. The seven of them would take point with Inez and Rain working to prevent the whole town from burning down. About ten volunteered and Mary entrusted the safety of Billy to Nettie while she returned to help.

Mary had never been with Chris and the others when they were in their other form. She only heard rumors.

Nathan, Rain, and Josiah pulled themselves on their saddles along with Ezra and Inez. the werewolves paced back and forth, impatient to leave. They had to wait for Chris to return after stripping his clothes and transforming fully. The rest only discarded the top half of their layers, doing a partial transformation now that they could all fully change.

When the large black wolf emerged from the dark, highlighted only by the camp fires, Mary drew in a breath. Red eyes looked at her for only a second, before turning to the others. With a low howl, joined by the rest, and those following the charge, the pack took off.

Mary was at first confused why they were going to go on foot, thinking they'd fall behind, but she had the hardest time keeping up with JD who was in the back. Rain and Inez slowed their horses to fall in beside Mary's.

"We will hang back and put out the fires. You'll be with us." Rain instructed.

Mary could only nod. Her heart was racing along with her mind, trying to keep up with what was happening.