2024 (hours before the attack on Reynold’s Pack)“Anita, you are going to turn into a fish,” Roslyn calls to her wayward daughter.“Why do I love this water so much, Mommy?” Little 4-year-old Anita asks.“I don’t know my darling, but you need to come out now,” Roslyn takes a deep breath and waits for Anita.Anita does another turn in the water and goes to her mother.“Mom, is it hard being mixed?” Anita asks at dinner that night.“No,” Roslyn answers, quickly shooting a ‘shut the fuck up look’ at her husband Afton.“Am I mixed?” Anita asks them in her bright voice.“Kinda,” Afton answers.The emergency sirens start sounding. Growls surround their house.“Mommy, what is that sound?” Anita asks with a shaky voice.“Afton, take her,” Roslyn grabs the two necklaces by the door and runs to meet the wolves. She holds up both and stares into the eyes of one.“Roslyn, you have to get out here,” Terry Timberman, the Beta of Biczi Pack, stand before her. “Take Anita and get to Florida. Never te
As Roger finished his recollection of Anita, he bares a sad smile.“She wanted to come back,” Roger says. “But she couldn’t.”“I’m so sorry,” Juliet tells him.“I’m so sorry I got scared. I should have known the goddess had a plan. I should have been your father,” Roger tells her.“I’m sorry I didn’t speak to you at the funeral,” Juliet tells him.“I understand why you didn’t. I should have never let her reject me. I have been alone all these years and now she is gone. You are a very special wolf,” Roger tells her.“I’m not a wolf, I don’t have a wolf,” Juliet tells him.“Roger,” Janice calls his attention. “Terry Timberman was my mate. How sure are you about his involvement in Roslyn getting away?”“I got that from Afton. I called him several times to check on Anita. He would talk to me but not to Anita. I think he always hoped she would go looking for answers. She called me, we planned to get a message to you, and she was going to leave him.He had already started doing his nurse, A
“When two werewolves find themselves without a mate for whatever reason, they are sometimes granted second chances. Sometimes they chose someone to share their lives with,” The Elder says, trying to avoid the glares of his Beta and Future Alpha as she presides over the commitment ceremony of Janice and Roger. “Janice and Roger have come here today before those who mean the most to them and council of elders from both Biczi and Kinder Packs to choose one another as mates. As per tradition, the closest family must consent.” The Elder looks at Sebastian, Temperance, Terry and Nova.“We consent,” Temperance and Nova answer quickly, smiling.Sebastian and Terry narrow their eyes at Roger.Catherine and Temperance slap their mate's heads with the purses they are carrying, making Janice laugh.Terry and Sebastian look at each other defeated.“We consent,” they mumble.Temperance rolls her eyes.“We consent,” Rogers parents answers as well.“The councils have also considered and consent,” The
“Well, in the port, has never been the main source of income for the pack,” Hank says into the phone as Juliet comes in. “That is why I want it secured. It’s an entry point and as such needs to be secured…………Rather we get attacked regularly, or not, it's a weak spot and I, as Alpha, want it tightened up. I mean it. I’ll be there tomorrow to see the plans.”Hank hangs up.“Still pouring over my Dad’s old stuff?” Juliet asks.“His invasion plans are spot on. Part of me wonders if he had a spy in the pack,” Hank says. “I don’t want to alert the other packs yet but thank you for supporting me and not going to Roger and Janice’s ceremony.”“I get it. You want to make his plan moot,” Juliet runs her fingers through his hair.“I hate that this plan was ever out there for anyone to see. Thank you for bringing it to me,” Hank hugs her.Juliet had taken the chance during Terry’s 17th a few months ago to clean out her father’s house. Over the past seven months, she and Hank have been using her f
Before Juliet was taken:Juliet feels Hank kiss her cheek before he heads out to the port. Juliet stretches as the sun wakes her. She showers and gets ready for the day.“Good morning, Luna,” she is greeted with coffee and a plate of breakfast.“Good morning, Molly,” Juliet smiles. “Did you get you letter from Dartmouth yet?”“I’m hoping today,” Molly smiles. “Thank you for writing a recommendation.”“You are welcome, I never felt the need to go to college, but I am glad you did, and I want you to go!” Juliet smiles and starts to eat.After breakfast, Hank sends an indecent text. Juliet giggles, reading it on her way to her office.“Hello Jules,” a familiar voice whispers from her office.“Nathan?” Juliet looks around.“You always did know my voice,” Nathan slips behind her. Juliet feels the prink of the needle.Nathan take’s Juliet’s phone and makes the call with a chuckle.He drops her phone and looks for the scent spray. He can’t find it. He hears footsteps and hides with her in th
Sebastian sees the plane in front of him. Bringing it down was easy, much easier than he thought it would be.“Where is Luna Juliet?” Sebastian snarls at the pilot.“She was never on this plane. I promise. I was told to fly home,” the pilot cowers.Sebastian yanks his phone out. “Hank, she wasn't on the plane. She has to be in Utah by now. Call Donavan.”“Thanks, Uncle Seb,” Hank hangs up and make arrangements to land in Alpha Donavan’s territory.“Good to see you looking so good. If Iris was missing, not sure I’d be looking this good,” Donavan says, shaking his hand. “My guys found the car at a gas station; your Luna is feisty. The kidnapper threatened a family, or she would have stayed hidden. They are following them. We can set up about a mile into the neutral zone.”“I appreciate this man,” Hank tells him as they head to the spot.“My brother, Kyle, is there in case they are driving faster than we judged,” Donavan explains as they cross into the neutral zone.“Keep your warriors b
“Mitchell,” Hank rolls his eyes.“Yeah, and can you step away?” Terry asks.“Standby,” Hank kisses Juliet and steps out of the room. “Go.”“Mitchell paid to have Collins killed in prison. They found him in the cell two hours ago, he had a shank sticking out of stomach. The pictures are brutal,” Terry says. “I’m not letting Catherine see them.”“So, the plan was what exactly?” Hank asks, his blood boiling and hands shaking.Jake- Stay calm, we can’t leave out mate yet.“Dad, Ollie, and your Dad are on the way to talk to him,” Terry says.“Talk?” Hank asks.“Well,” Terry chuckles. “Our dads' version of talking.”“I’m glad everyone took this so seriously. I am here with Donavan and Kyle. I’ll fill them in. And I’ll tell Juliet her dad is dead,” Hank looks back through the window in the door. Juliet’s color is coming back slowly, and she is smiling at the doctors. “How is my sister and yours?”“Nova is pissed as hell that we made her go into the saferoom. Oliver had to calm her down, she
“Happy 18th Birthday, Luna,” Terry snakes his arms around Catherine as midnight creeps into their bedroom.They are sharing the Alpha Suite now, having moved in earlier. Tonight is their ceremony.“It is my 18th Birthday and the mate bond so much stronger,” Catherine moans and they start kissing. “Why do you have to mark me in public?”Terry chuckles, running his hand down her back. “So everyone can see you consent and agree we are fated.”Catherine rolls her eyes. “Everyone knows I consent and we hazed at 16, we are mates. Fuck them.”“You know I would rather fuck you,” Terry whispers as he seizes her lips.The kiss is passionate, and his tongue is gentle as he coaxes hers to enter his mouth. Catherine holds him and rolls to her back, not breaking the kiss.Terry is only in boxers, so as he settles between her legs, she feels his erection.“You waited for me?” Catherine asks, breaking the kiss.“You know I did, tonight you are all mine,” Terry leans in to kiss her again.“Why wait un