Chapter 131

• “Does she have a pattern?”
• “She didn’t come to my attention until the end of her first year. Angela came to my office alerting me that she takes two weeks off every three months. I am a strict alpha with my pack and new transfers are not immune to my expectations. After speaking extensively with Angela and Kathy, I called Jessa to my office the next time she called out sick. Kathy felt she was faking it and simply didn’t want the workload she had. Angela was a little more forgiving. She felt that Jessa was sick but was concerned about the pattern. As I just started saying, I called her to the office the next time it presented. Angela just about dragged her there because of her fear of me. I knew immediately that she wasn’t faking it even though it didn’t aggravate my intuitive side. I asked a series of questions about what blood work or other medical tests had been done and upon realizing she never got the standard physical that all wolves get I ordered blood work to be done. Despite her weakened state she fought hard. I again had to lay on her to pin her down and Angela used the more painful location near her ankle to draw her blood. She went into a panic attack and I ended up holding her for a long time after Angela was done. The only thing that showed on her bloodwork was minute traces of silver. The classic result you get when a wolf has been exposed.”
• “Have you done this during every episode?”