RUNNING WITH WOLVES

Mac and Mikka  " MiMi " had been fixtures with the Road Wolves since the late seventies.  The man, after making a delivery to them ; fell into step with the uncouth bunch on accident.  Finding a brotherhood and camaraderie where he had not expected to find it.  Years had been spent on his own, with his wife Mikka ; cross roading as a trucking team.  Until there was a night while camping when a wolf, ravished with hunger had hauled its way into their tractor ;  biting Mac while he fought to defend his newly wed wife.  The silver that the tower of a man wore on his person, as a proud show of Sioux craftsman ship , proved to be the defining grace that saved both lives that night.  Those lives, though ... were forever shifted.

Trenched in Sioux custom and lore as young children ; the legends of  Skin-walkers and Shifters were abundant among the Indigenous American tribes.  When the flu struck Mac down with rising fever and aches that his body had never known ?  Mikka was quick to drive them home, contacting the matriarch of the Redhawk's  ;  Raven.   Raven Redhawk had spent her life devoted to the knowledge and the ways of the Medicine People, and in her aged years had taken the new name,  Unci Pejuta  ( Grandmother Medicine ).  When the couple arrived home on Sioux lands, there was an Inipi waiting for Sota.  The sweat lodge built by tradition, its dome shape constructed of sixteen young willows, and covered with the buffalo skins ; handed down from elder to to the next.  Keeping light out, so the rebirth Raven expected could begin.

Sweetgrass smoke filled the space, burning on embers of coal with the pipe was smoked and sage burned.  There were songs and prayers lifted to the Wakan Tanka , and in the passing hours of Mac's rebirth .. Mikka had never been more thankful for her place beneath the wing of Unci Pejuta.  The mysteries of the Earth and all its creatures, had been known to the Sioux for generations. Making Mac's transition from man, to wolfman easier on the couple.  It was on Mac's first full moon, that he bit his wife and a ceremony was held for her ; making the crossover from woman, to shewolf.  As the years passed, they were happy and traveled ;  obeying the pull of their wolves when they longed to run free.

After becoming brother to the Road Wolves, Mac and MiMi settled into life with them.  Making friends, an especially close one for Mac being the ancient , Jonathan Recker.  The friends, meshing in their laid back nature, joined to become part of the pack's recruiting team.

... then there was a child ...

The arrival of Hana brought pride and joy that the husband and wife had never known ; their lives were complete and business was thriving.  As the years passed, additional office help was needed at Hawk Auto & Towing ;  Josephine Foster was hired as office manager and quickly became close friend to the family, especially Mikka.  The women were close and Josie was a regular fixture in the Redhawk home.  Especially once MiMi got sick. 

The illness hit suddenly and took everything quickly, leaving Mac Redhawk in a world of devastation. MiMi had been the love of his life and the tether to his soul.  It was fortunate in his grief that behind him stood the pack, and there was Josie ; ready by his side.  She hadn't been allowed to the funeral as per pack customs, but she'd been there the moment the family got home.  Never leaving.  What was friendship, blossomed quickly into more ; and they were soon dating.  Causing a riff between himself and his only daughter ; who had started growing more and more suspicious of Josie.  Especially when the topic of MiMi was brought forward in conversation, and the  ' new ' woman had words to say that slanted the memory of Mac's late wife.

Mac's devotion to  The Road Wolves has been tested recently.  With Josie often demanding that he choose between the club and herself.   The man is trying to find the balance between home, work, and his brothers.  The women in his life bitter rivals, with Hana often accusing Josie of trying to ostracize him from his family ; the pack.  While he remains loyal to the club ;  Mac is constantly at odds  ;  which is steadily taking toll on the old wolf.