Chapter 100

10 years later...
Nova was playing with the clan's children she was the head of the nursery and the pre-school teacher. She became the glue that the Clan had needed to grow.
(She only made her sticky rolls on holidays. She did end up selling them in the local bakery for a weekend special. On Jack's Birthday she would make a special little pan of glaze, that Jack can do with as he wishes.)
Jack and Nova had three cubs, Zack and Zeph were their first and twins. They were a handful, Jack or other clan members were always chasing them around.
Their third is a daughter named Zoey she is the exact image of Nova and has her daddy wrapped around her little finger.
It's not every day you walk by your daughter's room and see her having a tea party, not only with all her stuffed bears but with her big scary daddy sitting there with a tiara drinking make-believe tea.
Nova was pregnant again with their fourth this one another boy. Jack wants to name him Zeke but Nova is kinda getting tired of the Z names.
The Clan had grown almost to the size of a small town, they didn't need many outside resources to sustain them. They were trying to get into the modern age now. Even though the mountains can be tricky to get signals.
Maggi and David had their own little family, they got pregnant two months after being married which surprised the hell out of the both of them. They didn't think that it was possible so they didn't use any protection.
Now Nova has a little sister named Chloe, she and Zoey get along great. When they get older are going to be a bigger handful than the twins.
Some hard times were coming and great ones as well. That is life, the Dawson family will face all the hardships together with their clan. Just as they will celebrate all the goodness.
The clan erected a school and they even have a few human students from the neighboring homes of the area. The teachers were shifters from other packs.
Sheriff David did clean up the area and locked away several drug dealers and distributors. Now he and his deputies, which now number four, spend their time patrolling the area and yes having a doughnut or two.
There were a few bad shifters that came around but the Sheriff and his deputies took care of them before they could get a foothold.
Maggie is the dispatcher for the sheriff's department and is now training another as well to help out with record keeping and housekeeping.
They even have a small fire department, they not only help the community but also fight forest fires in their county and surrounding areas.
The Cabin Motel is now a small slowly growing resort. The general store is now a small grocery store and a hardware store.
An older shifter couple built a pharmacy as well. The place was turning into a regular little town.
In about a hundred years or so this little hole in the woods, just might be another big city.
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Rachel Stevens worked hard all her life, she worked two jobs and was raising her 17-year-old little sister Anna. It wasn't easy but she was doing it.
Their father died in a car accident when Rachel was just 12 and Anna was 7. Their mother died from cancer three years later.
Rachel at 15 knew that Anna could be taken away and they would be separated in different homes. Their mother left a life insurance policy it wasn't a lot but it was enough to pay the bills, food, and other expenses.
It wasn't easy and they had a few close calls when a well-meaning neighbor would start checking things out.
Rachel also started to work after school in their home babysitting for extra money. Soon though Rachel realized that they were not going to be able to pay the mortgage on the house much longer.
So Rachel started looking for other places to live. She found a little trailer park just outside of town. It was mostly older people in their retirement years.
Their trailer was a normal size and they would each have their separate rooms. It wasn't anything glamorous but it was clean and affordable. It was also comfortable, they made it their own.
Anna never complained about not having what other kids in her school had. She always told Rachel that being together was far more important.
The fact that there were two other families there with children Anna's age helped out a lot as well.
They did keep their mom's car, Rachel could have sold it but she used it as a cover, to give the look that adults were there living with them.
She also learned how to drive and got her license. It was mostly though, for emergencies, they couldn't afford to have insurance and pay for the gas.
Now that she is older and working two jobs the car went from emergency use only, to everyday use.
It was a good thing because at the moment Rachel had to work two jobs. Her sister though is a major nerd, still, she is 17 years old, and at that age, they are bound to do a little exploring with things.
She was grateful that Anna turned out so smart and not so wild. Still, Rachel did worry.
She had enough time in her schedule to see her before she got on the bus for school and to pick her up at school. They would have dinner before she had to go to work again. Sleep and repeat.
Her jobs were not glamorous but they paid the bills and the second job was going for Anna's college fund. During the day she worked as a maid in a fancy hotel uptown. Her second was a janitor at night for a trade school.
She only had a GED education, she had to stop school in her last year because she had to get a job. The funds left from her mother's insurance policy were running out.
There was no other choice. So she did her online school work from the library between taking care of Anna and working.
She promised herself that when Anna was off to college that she would focus on herself and what she wanted to do in the future.
To be honest, she hasn't had much time to give any real thought as to what she wanted to do with her future. She never had a complete day off work.
She was just getting off from her night job, it was a little after one am. She had to walk to the other side of the parking lot to get to her car.
Janitorial staff was not allowed to park in the closer parking spots, they were reserved for students and faculty only.
She hated it because it was always so dark getting to her car, especially since there was an industrial park just on the other side of the campus.
She was just about halfway to her car when she heard a strange noise. It wasn't very loud it sounded like a snarl and then there was a whimper and a moan.
She looked around to see where the sounds were coming from. In the distance, she saw two shadows that appeared to be fighting.
One was a man, the other looked to be a really big animal. It was too dark to tell though. She was about to shout out to the man to look out when a hand covered her mouth.
She tried to get away but whoever it was, they were too strong for her to fight. Just as she was about to bite their hand. The person behind her whispered in her ear.
""Be silent, I am going to take you with me back into the shadows so it doesn't see you.""
She felt shivers going across her skin and heat welling up between her thighs. She had never had this kind of reaction before.
She had tingles every place that he touched her.
Rachel went still and let the man take her back towards the campus and into the shadow of some trees.