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Joseph 'Joey' Stillwell is a Werewolf and former member of the North American Werewolf Pack who left the Pack in 1982 and became a mutt. He was born in 1957 or 1958 and is the son of Dennis Stillwell and father of Noah Albright. He was friends with Clayton Danvers until he left the Pack. He was unaware he had a son until the boy was a teen and abandons him when he runs away during the events of the novel Frostbitten.

Appearance[]

Average height. Slender, though softening at the edges as he settled into middle age. I knew Joey was only a few years older than Clay, but he really could pass for fifty. He was bespectacled and serious with frown lines that said serious was his usual expression. His brown hair was shot through with even more gray than Jeremy's, making me wonder if he dyed it trying to look his true age. - Elena, from Frostbitten

In Savage, Clay describes twelve-year-old Joey as "acne pocked". This presumably went away after Joey finished puberty.

Otherworld Series[]

Savage[]

In the novella Savage he was twelve years old and in attendance at the quarterly Pack meet where Clayton Danvers is introduced to the Pack and becomes an official member. He was a target of the Santos brothers bullying and defended Nicholas Sorrentino from them as well as arguing that Jeremy Danvers had interesting ideas. When Clay fought with Stephen Santos, Joey lied and said Clay attacked because Stephen wouldn't stop making fun of Clay rather than Jeremy, to spare Jeremy's feelings. Joey was excited at the prospect of being tutored by Jeremy on what to except from his transition into a full Werewolf.

Ascension[]

Joey appears as a member of the Pack for the last time in the novella Ascension. He is not mentioned as having attended the Pack deer hunt in 1972 as he was not old enough to have had his first Change but can be assumed to have attended the meet as his father did. He attends Dominic Sorrentino's last Pack meet where he hangs out with Nick and Clay, it's mentioned he disapproved of the way they treated Daniel Santos, believing that if they were nicer to him they could win him over.

He was also present at Dominic's wake where he began to vote for Jeremy as Alpha but was stopped by his father who asked for two days to decide. Before that time was up Joey meets with Clay to tell him that he and his father are leaving the Pack. Joey reveals that they're afraid of retaliation from Malcolm Danvers if they vote for Jeremy and that, despite believing Jeremy to be the best candidate, don't believe they would have any more of a place in Jeremy's Pack. Years after Jeremy becomes Alpha they learn Joey and his father are living in Alaska, Jeremy makes contact with Dennis but not Joey.

Frostbitten[]

Joey and his father Dennis are first mentioned to have moved to Alaska by Clay when he and Elena come up, tracking Reese, and she wonders if they'll meet him. Clay also mentions that Joey wasn't that into being a werewolf, and would have preferred to be normal. Later, they see him walking with two coworkers, and Clay tries to introduce himself, calling him "Joey", but he brushes them off, and one of the coworkers calls him "Joseph". Elena notes that he really could look 50, as he seems to dye his hair gray to look his real age.

Later, after they find Dennis dead in a cabin in the wilderness, as well as Noah Albright's possessions, they confront Joey, and ask him if Dennis had a son in his middle age. Joey admits to them that Noah is his son, not Dennis', and explains the circumstances. He and Noah's mother were together for a while, but she was an alcoholic. They broke up before he found out she was pregnant, and he and his father found out about the boy after he had gotten into legal trouble. Dennis took on most of the teaching of being a werewolf, as Joey tries to deny his werewolf status as much as possible. He points out that he leads a normal life, with a career, friends and long-term girlfriends, changes twice a month in a shed behind his house, and doesn't use his full strength when playing sports, while his father has an apartment, works as a contractor, never stays involved with the same woman for too long, and his "friends" are more like once a week poker buddies. He tells them that Dennis took Noah up to the cabin for a weekend, and now that he is dead, he needs their help to get his son back. They agree, but he later double crosses them by drugging them, to deliver them to the Teslers.

After Elena manages to force him to leave and is still taken to the Teslers, she finds that Noah is seemingly working with them. He tells her they threatened to kill his father if he didn't do what they asked, which she notes is the same thing they threatened him with.

After the Teslers are dealt with, Clay finds a note in their hotel room from Joey, asking for forgiveness and to take care of his son, as he is leaving town and will be unable to. Noah is accepted into the Pack, and Elena silently hopes that they never encounter Joey again, as the story will spread, and to maintain Pack's reputation, they would be forced to kill him for his betrayal, which she does not want to do.

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