Mina padded forward, tears trickling down her cheek, feeling all the dreams she had of her and Daniel crumpled up and torn apart. Her heart ached, awful, wretched. And yet looking at the pup he had become, she saw the genuine affection and desire to protect her. The part of him, the part she loved the most, the gentle teacher he still was. She knelt and took his paws, placing them on her heart. "I do. Brother wolf."
She looked to Shannon, "I ...I want him to be a part of our pack, even if I must become a delta or omega."
Shannon considered, "No. You will remain beta, and he shall be delta, earn his place as a beta with time. When he is among us, out here, he is our brother wolf. And when we are in school, he is our teacher, we will give him the respect a human teacher deserves."
She smiled at him, "Though....you can help cover for us as wolves given what happened."
"Yes...I heard. You girls are in some kind of danger," he quivered. "There's one other thing, a chance. I know of someone else who might be like us but not like us. Someone who may be able to help...."