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 POVThe debate continued for hours, with all of one brief intermission, which I spent going to the human ladies room. I suppose I should have minded there was only one in the whole palace, but at the time I was just relieved I wouldn’t be running into any wolves while I was trying to pee. Meli
Sarah POVDinner continued, and everyone at the table told Grace she had been amazing.“Did Chloe help you pick out that aria?” Melissa asked. “Very well selected.”“Yes,” Chloe said proudly. “And the dress.”“I picked out Chloe’s dress,” Grace said just as proudly.We all expressed our admiration f
Sarah POVBefore I was even done with the sentence, Shota had darted in, taken up the jacket, pants, shirt, cummerbund, and all the rest and walked swiftly back toward me and Matthew. I looked over to the girls, but they were sitting there calmly flanked by our friends.The two alphas bowed to each