"They didn't even like me, but it would never have occurred to anyone to exclude me from that. Whatever else I was left out of, touch wasn't on the list."

She shakes her head. "I was touch starved for years, until Warren, and then Taylor. I'm grateful at least I had a warden who wasn't shy about it. He hugged me, kissed the top of my head, curled up on me as a wolf. Still does, when I visit; pets my hair and tells me he's proud of me. And Taylor never minds me clinging. Neither does Hjerte. Or Will or Jasper, for that matter."