

An alpha female can terminate her own pregnancy if she feels that it’s not a good time for breeding in the pack. An alpha can hear the change in the rhythm of your heart rate from six or seven feet away. The alpha is the one who tells everyone-including the big tough beta-what to do.

The brains of the group, and too valuable to put him or herself in danger-he’s like the king not going into battle. Betas are expendable they are the thugs in the Mafia family. The first wolf you’ll encounter is not the alpha, but a beta-tough, comes rushing up to you, responsible for discipline in the pack. The first thing Shaun taught me was the rankings of a wolf pack. During a visit to Ellis’ wildlife park, Picoult got up close and personal with these feared animals. Then she met Shaun Ellis, who spent a year living with wolves in the Rockies.

Jodi Picoult thought she had created a unique character in her new novel, Lone Wolf-a man who studies wolves by living with them.
