After our individual conversations with Tyler and Brittany, Alpha Asher cancelled training for the day. As we emerged from the basement, Luna Freya stood in the living room, eyeing us warily.
"I trust my daughter isn't being tortured down there." Luna Freya grimaced, scowling at the basement door.
Breyona's P.o.vMy mind was reeling the entire drive back to our pack's territory. While I felt horrible for Mason and what we had just witnessed, the only thing on my mind was Giovanni.
Lola's P.o.vEating dinner with my family brought back some normalcy into my life, but I couldn't ignore the empty chair where my Mom used to sit.
"They're going to be expecting you." Alpha Asher frowned, but I had already made up my mind.With Alpha Asher's hand in my own, we fled from the forest and back to the packhouse. Rather than shed our clothes and shift into wolf form, we hopped into one of Asher's vehicle's and sped towards my Dad's house.
The blood that coated my stomach and hands was warm in comparison to the shadow's ice coated words. Maya recoiled at their price; her hackles raised as an earsplitting growl reverberated throughout my mind. Breyona was still crouched over Giovanni, her eyes burning madly as she watched the shadows pulse around my body.They had asked the unthinkable, and Breyona had agreed bl
Alpha Asher mind-linked his Beta, and the two of us waited by Jessie's body until he showed. With Jessie's lifeless face lingering in my mind, Asher turned to face me. His honey eyes were hard as they regarded me, stress and exhaustion hidden beneath the surface."The Vampire King used her as payment, didn't he?" Asher asked, recognizing the pattern of death. 
I laid awake until Asher's breathing grew heavy, slowing as he fell asleep. With his arms wrapped around me, and the heat from his body warming my bones, I closed my eyes and thought of Tristan.It was harder than I expected, tapping into that sliver of myself, the part of me that longed for Tristan. Hour after hour passed as I stared at the backs of my eyelids, until a
Asher had set to work the moment he returned from Brittany's cell. Luna Freya had managed to free Brittany and kill the guards. Upon further investigation, one of the patrol teams on the western side of his territory had been killed. We could only assume Luna Freya had been working with the Vampire's and used them to free Brittany.Without Tyler, we hadn't a clue why Br
The conversation I had with Tristan replayed in my head until a headache whispered at my temples. What did he mean? How did the Vampire King have a backup plan? Was there some way I could refuse the throne, and why would I sorely regret it?My inner monologue was cut sho