To Pierce the Sky

Susan Runningwind is forty-five, but already strong enough to have earned a seat among her pack's elders. Keeping the werewolves in line and doing her share providing for them is a full-time job, but it's the only life Susan can see herself living. It's only when Jesse Westfield arrives that she starts to open up to new possibilities.

A vibrant and attractive documentary filmmaker, Jesse isn't the first to visit their remote corner of the reservation, especially when the area has earned the reputation as a refuge for the so-called "Werewolves of South Dakota". But when Jesse begins to get too close to the truth, Susan must make a choice between her pack's welfare, and the growing attraction she feels to the younger woman.

(Originally released as part of the "Daughters of Artemis" anthology.)