Madoka’s POVThe day of our hearing dragged on and on. Carrie sat beside me, an expression of boredom tinged with outrage on her delicate features. The conference room where the alpha business was held was huge. Off to one side in the centre was a raised section with several podiums where speakers would go to talk, and directly in front of that were places at desks where all the head alphas of the Alpha Assembly were assigned to sit, their lunas—if they had them—seated beside then like decorative trophies. They had all taken their places before we had been allowed inside. Those of us who represented smaller packs or were regular wolves who wanted to observe the proceedings were relegated to positions at the edge of the room where all the lofty alphas would have no need to consider us unless we were dragged front and center on the podium. One of those influential Alpha was none other than Alpha Sean of Blacksliver pack, the largest pack in the world. It has been known that they were b

Madoka’s Point of ViewThe alphas were spread out before me, their lunas beside them. I counted the votes. I knew we would win this fight. Alpha Sean made sure about it but I wanted to hear the final verdict with my own ears from the head alpha before I reacted.If he were a younger werewolf I would have thought he was trying to drag out the suspense, but I suspected the wait was down to his great age."The nays have it, fifty-four to fifty-one."I exhaled. By three votes we had escaped Phantom's attempt to dissolve us."We won we won we won," Carrie said in my head. Sinji's whoop across the pack link almost drowned out her excitement, except I would always hear her over everything else. "They can't stop us now, without making their own decision sound invalid. They'll have to certify everything! Ha! Take that!"I grinned at the sound of our triumph in her voice. If she was happy, I was happy no matter what happened. I'd stood up here, but she had helped me prepare for this fight. She

“Carrie, I found this letter from your old trailer. I was doing renovation when I saw it. It was addressed to you so I figured out I should give it to you,” Betty said while I was making Kaeel sleep. “Letter? I never received any letter before. Are you sure this is mine?” “Here, check it.” Betty gave me the letter. “Read it somewhere private. I’ll look after Kaeel.” Without hesitation, I took the letter and went into my office. Madoka and Parker weren’t here so I have all the office to myself. I sat on my swivel chair and checked the writing at the back of the golden envelope. To: Carrie Suddenly, my mouth felt dry and I swallowed hard when I recognized the penmanship. It’s Kirsten, the sister that had been missing for years. I immediately opened up the letter but I was surprised to find it was already opened up. I didn’t have to guess who it was because the letter was found in our old trailer. Dear Carrie, Hi, how have you been? You’re probably doing well. I’m sorry for

My feet pounded against the sidewalk as we ran as fast as we could after landing from the kitchen window. Thankfully, there were no humans around otherwise they might think we’re supernaturals. We cannot let hunters mingle in our business.With each footstep that hit the pavement a new thought echoed through my clouded mind.What have I gotten myself into?Of course, I have to find Levi and save my pack from the Queen’s wrath. Now that I have received hope, I’m not going to stop until I have my nephew in my arms. By now the sun had gone down, and Jace found a hotel. It was now located in the main city. The receptionist gave us a room with one bed. I wanted to protest but there was no time for that. Who knows, maybe those rogues would still be searching for us. “We cannot afford to cause any ruckus, Carrie now that the enemies are wary of us. Hunters are everywhere,” Jace said as we entered the room. It was indeed a one bedroom room. There’s no way I’ll sleep beside Jace. My wolf do

I landed head first after being thrown into the room. I gawked at the scene of terrors that lay in front of me.In front of me was a still and lifeless body. The last of the body's blood puddled around the girl as it leaked from the multiple wounds in her stomach and neck.Her arms and legs lay bent sideways and backwards. Greasy and blood soaked blonde hair surrounded the girl's face. This girl had obviously been beaten, tortured, and brutally killed.Suddenly, I felt someone was pulling me. I screamed at whatever force was pulling me away. I thrashed wildly trying to be rid of their grasp. A cry escaped me when I felt a kick in my stomach. Just as the sound left my mouth, a sharp pain hit the side of my head. Then everything went black.Two men were talking in quiet voices around me."We will definitely get big bucks for this one. She's gorgeous and has no family left! Plus she's a fighter." One rough voice rang out.“She obviously belongs to a pack. Probably, a Luna. I could sense