I nodded weakly my tail wagging slightly. “You claimed him.” My new alpha spoke looking me over “O daughter what am I to do with you, to work I take it judging by the battered condition of your mate and those damned interlopers running off,” I sniffed him tentatively. I was safe at least no one would dare hurt me while under the protection of my new pack. The car started and I yawned big time why was I so sleepy… just five minutes wouldn’t hurt surely I mean how could it? I was only tired right what harm could it do to get five minutes sleep. But I did as Jo told me too and fought to stay awake. My chest was split wide open, but at least they hadn’t rebroken the ribs I didn’t want to go under the knife again. And I had a new head wound to contend with now but hey at least I was with Jo. I leaned over the seat and gentile licked her face more to comfort myself than JO<br/><span style="font-style: italic">I’m scared Jo</span>I thought being sure to use our telepathic link so the new alpha didn’t wise up to me being this scared in front of him. After all a pack is only as strong as its weakest link so we tried not to show fear around our Alpha’s. They tended to strengthen their weakest links by beating them up until we were stronger. It was common place amongst our society and just seemed right to people like myself who have spent more time as a were- than as not.