I just have a quick question; would the Pack ever come in contact with Derek? It's a question I've been thinking of a lot, especially after reading the Rising.

It’s becoming more possible as the kids get older. The problem before was that, with their age and lack of experience, any contact with the adult characters would result in the adults taking charge and the kids having nothing to do except train and go to school, which makes a very boring YA plot :) They need to reach the age and level of experience where they can tell the adults to back off and let them handle their own problems. Which Derek and Maya would already do, so we’re partway there :)