Tariana blinked quickly, keeping the tears from falling. She put on her happy mask, lying ever so smoothly. "I'm fine, much better now that you're here!" She took him by the arm and led him down the hall, away from the common room; she didn't feel like going back to explain herself to Harry. Jacob was gone now; Harry would catch on soon enough. "So catch me up; what have I missed while I was gone? How are the boys?" The wolf pack members were as close to family, brothers, as she had ever gotten. She loved them all so much, even the unlovable one, Paul. She even loved the girl wolf, Leah.