"Her name was Kara. I...I loved her, with all my heart." Jordan continued. He sighed heavily, then finished his story. "That's when Kendra found me. A couple days later I was in a tavern, lied about my age (not like anyone cared I was only twelve). Kendra showed up there, told me how she tracked me down and how she could give me a new life."
       "I was quickly accepted into the Shadow Pack because of my survival skills I had gained living alone for four years. It's been three years now that I've lived here."
       "I'm fourteen years old now." Jazmine straightened up, liking their closeness of age for some reason.
       "I'm six." Emma giggled, liking how Jordan made faces at her.
       "Brian?" Jordan smiled at him.
       "Seventeen."
       "So who else is here?" Jazmine asked, looking around.
       "Fiona, Alex, Blaze, Peter, Adriana, and Connor. All werewolves, all orphaned." Jordan replied.
       "All orphaned?" Brian repeated, furrowing his eyebrows in surprise.
       Jordan nodded. "Yep. Kendra likes to help us orphaned wolves." He grinned, hopping up onto the marble island.
       Just then, as if saying her name summoned her, the door creaked open and Kendra announced her arrival. They traced the clicking of her heels over the wood floor until she entered the kitchen.
       She didn't even pause when she saw Jordan. "Are you all getting adjusted to Wolf Manor?" She smiled. "Do you want something to eat? It's almost seven. There's a great pizza place down the road."
       "That sounds...great." Brian sighed gratefully.
       "Jazmine? Emma? How does pizza sound?" Kendra turned to them, getting excited nods in return.
       "Join us, Jordan?" Jazmine asked sweetly. He smiled and gave her a slight nod.
       "Now, I assume you've been filled in by Jordan about Shadow Pack." Kendra was really good at stating her questions.
       "Yes. How-"
       "I will answer all of your questions later." Kendra waved her hand, cutting Brian off. "For now, we eat."
       Kendra led them over to the main doors, holding them open for the three (not-so-orphaned) werewolves, with Jordan closely following.
       Jazmine smiled to herself, realizing that they had found a pack that would most likely accept them. She didn't even feel suspicion about Kendra anymore. Maybe they had finally found a home.
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       Kendra was right. The pizza parlor down the road was small, but their food was extraordinary, and the quiet bustle of after dinnertime set the perfect setting for talking.
       "So you travel all over the world to find the orphaned werewolves?" Brian asked Kendra, slidding another slice of pizza onto his plate.
       "Canada, Nicaragua, Australia, Germany, Japan, Argentina." Kendra replied, daintily slicing little triangles off of her piece of cheese pizza with a knife. "I enjoy the traveling as much as the helping fellow werewolves."
       "Do you own Wolf Manor?" Jazmine asked, glancing at Jordan every time she was sure he wasn't looking.
       "It was my great-grandfather's. It was passed down to me through his will. He was a werewolf as well, he gave me the idea to travel around the world and help people like us."
       "What do you mean when you say 'people like us'?" Brian leaned forward.
       "Well, my parents were killed when I was twelve." Kendra answered. "Everyone in Shadow Pack is orphaned. We have to stick together, you see. We're a group, a sort of...club. And for this reason, I must ask you a serious request."
       "Anything." Brian answered eagerly.
       "You must, under no circumstances, tell anyone, not a soul, about Wolf Manor or Shadow Pack. Our lives depend on that."
       "Of course not." Brian agreed.
       "I won't either." Jazmine promised. An easy promise at the time.
       Emma giggled, shaking her head no.
       Brian held out his hand, grasping Kendra's, and Jazmine and Emma reached out as well, followed by Jordan. They shook, binding their promises, five paws holding onto one another.

       Well, here we are at the 5 chapter mark. I hope you guys are enjoying it so far, I would love to hear about any ideas or predictions you guys may have! Thanks so much for sticking with me this far!