Sarah POV“Ten minutes, everyone,” our camera operator called out.The kitchen had been put into its usual on-screen order, Melissa was looking over the notes on her phone, Lainey and Whitfield were sitting out of the way, and I was talking quietly to Matthew about the topics we wanted to cover. Zan
Sarah POVZane put the villa on lockdown. Every active member of security was guarding the property, and a few who had retired or otherwise moved on had called Travis to say they wanted to help.Outside the perimeter fence, the world was going insane. It wasn’t all that much better inside.First, Za
Sarah POV“When did you know about this?” Zane demanded.“When did I know omegas staffed the Luna Temple, or when did I know Kro was going to announce it?” Ambassador Torrin asked.“Both.”“A few years for the first, about a week for the second.”“Was I the only one who didn’t know Oracles are all o
Zane POVFor the next few days, it felt as though the world were holding its breath.I was doing what I could to keep things functioning, and Operation Lieutenant was proving useful for so many things it seemed odd now we had created it only to deal with my family’s problems, which currently took se
Sarah POVTwo days after our “day off,” we were flying to Orleans Territory, where we would meet up not only with fifty-odd Pack Alphas but also the full complement of Operation Lieutenant.Zane saw me smiling to myself and leaned in to murmur over the roar of the Gulfstream, “Something fun to share
Sarah POVA gamma took us to our rooms, explaining that the children were still with the horses.“Your head of security, Agent Travis, assigned two guards to them,” the gamma said before leaving us alone in another opulent but tasteful suite.Zane looked at me. “What did you think of her?”I shrugge
Sarah POV“You know she kidnapped his daughter.”I kept my eyes front and center, not betraying with a single sign how that comment, which seemed to float across the room, like a gently thrown, sharply pointed paper airplane, right to my ears.I was thrown back in time to the days I stood outside Ch
“What do you mean?” Alpha Colette asked. As this was her palace, she was playing the role of moderator, I saw.“It was only a few decades ago they started wearing those hoods to hide themselves, and not long before that they started to live apart from the rest of society. Oracles and priests used to
Sarah POVAfter the onsite security personnel and police had come, taken Ella’s body along with our statements, and then left, it was early morning. I worried about the girls, but they were as keyed up as I, and finally we all just piled on Zane’s bed, which was now my bed as well. Zane had his arms
Sarah POVGinnyWolf: Sarah is a MOON WOLF??!! Are you KIDDING ME?WhiteKnuckling: This is a hoax. Total bullshit.PPPPJohnP: I knew it.ShangHairSurprise: Will she be reforming the Luna Temple again?Rosemary&Sage: Hey now, PPPPJohn, THAT’S bullshit.With a laugh, I put the phone in the purse Lainey
Sarah POV“We all fear death,” Zane said.That wasn’t what I meant at all, and I told him so. My dress turned to silver in the moonlight, and I held his warm hands in mine.“If you seek the truth, stop seeking enemies and find the moon,” I and the statue and someone else said, speaking as one.He lo
Zane POVIt was thallium poisoning.“The treatment is proceeding with Prussian blue, which traps thallium to keep it from being further absorbed, as well as activated charcoal and forced diuresis,” the doctor, whose name I learned was Vassles, told me.Sitting by Sarah’s bedside, I was trying hard n
Zane POV“Alpha Zane!”Never, in all the years he had been working for me, had I heard such a sound of panic in Hans’s voice.I looked up and out my window. Hans wasn’t in the house. I saw him frantically waving at me over by the poppy garden almost a mile away.I ran down the stairs and out of the
Sarah POVThe day was lovely—perfect, even. The girls were back in school and making up for lost time, Zane was in his office and waved to me as I walked past the villa, and all the “lieutenants” had gone home.It was odd to look back on the past year. Had there ever been more than a day here and th
Ella POVMy contact at the prison told me Hayes followed his script exactly, and for the moment, I decided to put the wolf out of my mind. Few things had ever worked out as nicely as discovering the good doctor’s gambling addiction, and Hayes had several million reasons to do as he was told.When th
Sarah POVThe second Zane and I were in the car, I raised the partition for some privacy, turned to Zane, and asked the question burning acid in my stomach.“Do you think he actually hurt the girls?”Zane shook his head, but his eyes were haunted. “Not physically, but we’ll have to talk to them, see
“We found your money,” I said.“I thought you would.”We sat another few minutes in silence. “So, who was paying you? Who got you to betray my household?”Hayes smiled to himself.“Something funny?”“Do you think I’m some lackey doing someone’s bidding for a few dollars?” he asked, meeting my gaze n