Lisa’s POV I began to wish for my old, boring and quiet life. No wonder they say it changes when you reach eighteen. Mine certainly had. “Let me go,” I pleaded with him at least three times a day. Jake wasn’t listening, though I doubted he had any real aim in his head other than to sell me. “You’ll fetch a high price in some clans,” he said, finally. So now I knew for sure. “Kane will match anything they can offer and top it.” “What about Noah?” he taunted. It upset me all over again. I didn’t think he had the wherewithal and, even if he did, his family would never allow my ‘ransom’ to be paid by him. “Why are you such a beast? I don’t know what I ever saw in you.” “Careful, Lisa. We have a long journey ahead of us, wherever we end up. If you’re not compliant with keeping your mouth shut I may find another way to occupy it.” “As I said, a beast.” “Didn’t you and your mate ever try a sixty-nine?” “If you’re trying to shock me, it won’t work,” I told him. “Really? I never w
Amy’s POV In the end there was no head to head between Satyr and Black and not because Kane had put his foot down. Someone had let the uncontrollable vampires loose – and my number one suspect was Ingrid, doing the new Delta’s bidding. Diana had savaged the medic and he lingered for days, turned yet dying. Go figure. Jake said something cryptic about a diary being truer to life than anyone knew. I thought he was just rambling and ignored him. Mina and her father had attempted to drink Lycan blood and were not quite themselves, like Michael. Time for me to turn the screw. Taunting him verbally, I told him Lori had been practising her sharpshooting. “She’s still not proficient,” I said, “but wants to upgrade to a living target.” Prodding him in his chest I added, “That’s you.” He didn’t seem surprised I would help the female who had shot me. Maybe he was brilliant at hiding his feelings. I believed that right up until the moment he began to howl in extreme pain. Had I forgotten to
Lisa’s POVNichola intruded on my leisure time with Mom. To my shame I tried to cut her off until she told me the pack’s future was at risk.What could I do?Rene was staring into space – more accurately, she was looking at the picture of the Moon Goddess on the wall – and, out of the blue, she spoke.“Save Amy,” she gasped, convulsing and clutching her chest. “You must.”I didn’t want to leave my mom, but knew Maggie could be trusted to care for this woman old before her time.Something was nagging at me which I sensed may be vital to Rene’s well-being going forward. Then I had it. Mom was not the most talkative being these days yet always managed a phrase or two whenever my wolf emerged, a rare occurrence at best.She had once confided her own was slow to develop language skills. Was her wolf pure Micmac? It was no use speculating now when I needed to act.Sprinting to Alpha Kane’s office – Amy had her own – I saw that the guard was missing. On a break? I was debating whether to ale
Amy’s POVI was excited to think I wasn’t quite so powerless this time around. The cell paradoxically didn’t seem as claustrophobic given my surprising companion, though I was still wary of him.Anastasia had counselled me to wait. I couldn’t. My boss – former employer? – may disapprove, even though she applauded initiative. I supposed my blind spirit friend was only being cautious. In her own way, Agatha could be as devious as Jake, if not more so.I supposed I owed her a lot. Without the network I wouldn’t be where I was today.In a dungeon?Bless Ariadne and her quirky sense of humour.Should I wait?That’s up to you, Alpha, came the astonishing reply.I began to wonder how far back I should aim for given that I wasn’t entirely confident in my ability to pull this off. It would be awful to go right back to the start of it all and find myself chained up overnight. Not so pleasant, either, would be the prospect of revisiting that time I’d spent suspended and naked in the pleasure roo
Amy’s POVEven Kane fell for my ruse. I didn’t want to alarm him, but it had to be done. If I could elicit some sympathy from Lisa so much the better. My aim was to spread confusion. It was credible that my hormonal body would be affected by being spirited through time, despite Agatha’s capable gloved hands.“I’m so sorry if I’ve caused this,” I heard his sister say.Then strong arms enveloped me – not the Alpha’s – and I knew who it was by the intoxicating scent, muted now. These days, there was just a hint of nutmeg and damp grass.The infirmary held different smells, not all of them pleasant.“I’ll be okay,” I mumbled. “Just a dizzy spell.”“Why was she in your dungeon, Alpha Kane?”My mate had folded his arms across that magnificent chest of his.“In case it escaped your notice, I was there too,” he pointed out.“Yes, but in what capacity? Chief torturer by the look of her.”Lisa came clean, admitting, “I was the one who put them there.”“Why?”His tone was puzzled rather than agg
Amy’s POV The danger was the same and it was as cunning as ever. If I hadn’t lost my heart to him all those moons ago, I would probably have given up on Kane long before now. Not that I didn’t want a male partner; I did. We’d talked a lot about equilibrium. I wanted his firstborn pups to know the good in him just as much as I was determined to raise them right and make sure they never forgot Selene’s name. Her picture hung in the Luna’s Suite, now a large nursery. I sometimes shook my head, wondering what Kane wanted of me. A whole football side, plus cheerleaders? I chided myself for thinking in stereotypes and yet, what if the girls were playing and the boys dancing with batons? When I decided she was well enough, I enlisted Rene’s help. She suggested involving Lisa, so she wasn’t left out. “Talk to his wolves,” I urged, “one in particular.” It was a surprise to find out Rhett was splintered. Misha took it badly. Hadn't she known all along? That was why we needed Akum and Nichol
Amy’s POV As we walked away to have a confab with the pack doctor, I felt something wet on my cheeks. I hadn’t been aware I was crying. “Don’t give up on him, Amy,” Jarvis said. His soft voice only made me feel worse. I had never heard him use that tone with anyone else, not even Chrissy. I summoned my inner scorn, in Misha’s absence. “As if I would.” I hoped my moping wolf was proud of me, wherever she was. “This thing, it’s unusual, but it’s bound to be curable. I wonder if my aunt would be able to advise us … ” “No more outsiders, please.” I hoped I hadn’t given offence. Putting my hand on his arm, I added, “Beta, we have to keep this contained.” “Like a virus, Alpha Amy?” “Exactly. And call me Amy when it’s just the two of us.” I winced at how that sounded. Just like Kane had said to me, once. Back when things were normal. If you considered being suspended in a dungeon, subsequently interrogated and treated like an object the norm. Not to mention the drenching, the nudit
Amy’s POVWe had a new Medical Council now and item one on the agenda was Kane and what to do for the best. No-one ever voiced the opinion that he should be executed and I was determined to quash such a suggestion if it ever reared its less than pleasant head. I wasn’t keen on the idea of some sort of operation to surgically remove Blaylock either.How did you destroy a phantom?Certainly not with green slime. Why had I watched ‘Ghostbusters’ for the seventh time?“Maybe you should leave, Alpha Amy.” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Had Lisa gone mad, once again, or did she have an ulterior motive? “For your own protection,” she added, smiling sweetly.“I’m not about to abandon the Crescent Moon pack at a critical time like this,” I stated. “Besides, he seems to respond to me more than most.”“Exactly. He’s over-stimulated.”My face burned. The little cow.“Care to explain that?”The ice in my tone would have diluted the strongest whisky.Lisa blushed. She covered her heated che