Kate was enjoying the warm sun on her pregnant belly when she saw Darius approach. Darius had taken on the shape of a human female.
"Hi Kate, is Mark around?"
"No, he's hunting with Medeina."
"I need to ask you guys a favor. It's about Leila." Leila was Darius's and Sally's child.
"Ask."
"The basic problem is that its hard to set any boundaries with a child that powerful, plus she doesn't have any siblings."
"And?"
"Sally and I have worked out a way to lock Leila's access to power temporarily. The barrier to accessing her shape-shifting and dimensional travel powers will erode, but it should hold for about a year. During that time, we want to lock her in the form of a werewolf cub and be raised among your cubs. Being limited, being one of a peer group, not being treated as the special one--these are things Leila needs and we can't give her."
"That's quite a favor."
"I know."
Both Kate and Darius knew that this would entitle the werewolf family to a big favor from Sally and Darius.
"I'm not against it, always room for one more, but we'll have to see what Mark and Violetta think."