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Amy’s POVI liked spending time in the gardens. Sometimes I asked Noah to help me assist Rene to leave her comfort zone in order to create in the fresh air. We had discussed sourcing some paints for her, a palette and he reckoned he could knock together an easel, no problem. Lisa’s true mate was very protective and I knew he was good to her which made what happened next all the more surprising.It was awkward being accused of something you hadn’t done by a ranking female who was so very credible. Did she have poor eyesight like her grandmother? Was she malicious, like Selene used to be? Lycans were unpredictable, everyone knew that. And hormones coupled with the disappointment of not having conceived – what can I say?She must have known it wasn’t me. My body double was stiff of movement. I’m not sure who suggested Rene could paint it and the inbuilt ‘bikini’ donned at the pull of a lever – don’t you just love gadgets? – would resemble scanty underwear from a distance.When Amy II’s l
Kane’s POVI couldn’t allow the challenge to go unanswered and yet I was in no condition to lead an all out attack. My Gamma may have been a traitor yet the decapitation and delivery had laid down a gauntlet. The Crescent Moon pack had to respond not just to save face but to make the point that our transgressors were for us to deal with in-house.If the Alpha King got away with this then not only he would hold me in contempt.I’d asked Amy to take notes and was hoping to have her input. I knew what she was like. Thoughts would be churning round in that head of hers non-stop. When I asked for her opinion unexpectedly, I knew she wouldn’t be coy. Unlike Jake, she was one of us now.“We don’t even know where he is.”My Luna didn’t want there to be a fight, obviously. But we had already been attacked by way of a slight and I couldn’t let it go.“Maybe I should torture your father,” I said, cruelly.“Take that back.”This was getting us nowhere. I apologised, though hadn’t entirely ruled i
Amy’s POV I was scrubbing the floor in the dining area when Noah came up to me. “Not here,” I hissed, almost as if the two of us were guilty. “Have you seen Lisa recently?” he asked. “I can’t find her anywhere.” The pack warrior looked terrible but I wasn’t about to tell him that. “Go and check with Selene.” I knew the Luna’s Suite was likely to be the one place which hadn’t been searched by him. He wandered away, still disconsolate, and I began to feel culpable for something which wasn’t my fault. Then I sensed the Alpha’s aura. “What was that all about?” he demanded. “Your sister is missing. I mean, he asked me if I’d seen her. Alpha, I – ” “Relax, Amy. I know you’re telling the truth. I overheard some of it. Leave that. I came to fetch you to the meeting. Francis has an idea.” At least my dress wasn’t dirty. “You want me for the notes?” “And your opinion.” I tried not to glow because of the faint praise. As it happened, the Delta suggested we send a group of pack she
Lisa’s POV My mind was made up. I couldn’t stay here knowing my mate had cheated on me. And with her, the one I’d trusted and tried to model myself on. That was why I stole the pendant and made my way to the portal, a hoodie concealing my features on what was an overcast day. Michael would probably use me, I knew that. I was planning to tell him pack secrets solely to hurt my brother, who hadn’t punished that slut enough, and Selene who would be raising pups in a beaten pack which existed only as a satellite to serve the Alpha King. The Luna had eventually told me it was nothing what Noah and Amy were about. I wasn’t having that. Maybe it was a male thing because I couldn’t sense a second, Lycan wolf rising to the fore inside me. I would own this treachery as the younger sister who had messed up not once, but twice. Well, I’d been forced into it. It’s not too late. Go back. Nichola wasn’t keen to be under Blaylock’s control. Neither was I. Hurt and a sense of betrayal can lead y
Amy’s POVI don’t know what made me kiss Alpha Kane unasked only that it felt right in that moment. To be reminded he had a Luna was not something I needed. And she had yet to be informed about my new status as partner. If he was about to tell her I couldn’t stop him though it might make things a little awkward between us again.His mother was in the Luna’s Suite looking quite bewildered as to who we were. Maybe Ariadne knew a spell which could be invoked. If only Kane would allow it. Rene couldn’t carry on like this. The burden of caring was taking its toll on Selene as I was seldom here now.What was clear was that she couldn’t move out and stay on her own. Unless Maggie were to be with her constantly. Perhaps in her old room. That had seemed to work before.I knew it would be Kane’s decision but wasn’t scared to voice it when he was through with his briefing.The Luna looked tired. I wasn’t about to gloat. Wondering how she would react to the news about me and my new position had m
Kane’s POV I was incensed by the attack on my Luna, even though I barely tolerated her. Mason was what you might call a “work in progress” in my torture chamber – the very worst part of my dungeon which Amy would never get to see, in any capacity. Being jittery about what might be going on with the Alpha King didn’t help. Should I have trusted Jake and Velma? Was my Beta up to the job? Why wasn’t he in regular communication with me? Round and round, on and on. Then the message came, via a truculent Jake’s mobile. It appeared he’d changed sides yet again – no surprise there! The Alpha King wanted to meet me in combat, wolf to wolf, to settle the matter once and for all. Was he for real? Could I take him? I suspected he’d let me win the arm wrestle. I emailed back, saying it had to be on my turf or nowhere. I wasn’t being told what to do. And I added the caveat that I must hear from Jarvis by midday or else. This was frankly ridiculous and I wanted confirmation before asking about
Amy’s POVI wasn’t sure what to think any more. Sure, I felt like Alpha Kane’s partner in this business of righting an old wrong. Only Selene knew about my new position. The rest of the pack seemed to think I was somewhere between a concubine and a slave and it stung, especially since I was often to be seen wending my way to the asshole’s Suite close to twilight.The old rule about doing so had been quashed, but it seemed to amuse him to think of something crucial after sunset.Beta Jarvis was often around, having accompanied our honoured, if unwanted guest on the journey from Rhode Island to Portland. I seldom saw the Alpha King himself, though considered that a good thing.Jake hadn’t returned and nor had Velma. That was fine with me. I considered the Crescent Moon pack my new family and was hoping to conceive, if Kane ever touched me in that way again. I knew he had been ill, but … Was his Luna to blame? Had she warned him off?It was next to unthinkable, though stranger things had
Amy’s POV If ever Kane had an incentive to give his all, this was it. The two pups were very weak but expected to survive, unlike their mother. I couldn’t cry for some reason, even though I felt immensely sad and hollow inside. Selene hadn’t had much of a life. That was why our Alpha – hers and mine – had to succeed, if only to give other females a better chance. All other females, maybe even slaves. I hadn’t voiced that to him, though I was just about to, along with the worst possible news. He took it well, yet paled considerably. None of us had really expected this. Healthy and indulged, there was no reason to suspect she wouldn’t sail through it only to become as fashion conscious and grouchy as ever. I had supposed she would be dieting for quite some time to resume her shape. Fighting had been low down among her priorities. “No stamina,” Lycan Faro said, on being sent word. He was making arrangements to leave Rhode Island – or wherever he was – immediately. I couldn’t help bu