"I live about a week away" Cassie said, glamcing at Murduk, "I have my family-my parents and brothers, an uncle who hasn't yet found a mate, and the wolves my parents raised when their mother was killed" 

she shrugged, "but soon my brothers will make their own packs, and while they are still connected to the family pack, it will change. Soon, I will be expected to take a mate and join his pack. In a sense, all of our packs are connected in one way or another back home."