ALLISON KEELER My gaze kept wandering to Matt as he drove through the streets. Soft music played on the radio and he hummed absently to it. He seemed relaxed. He chose to drive me from the arena but he wasn't going home. He was heading somewhere I had no idea of. He wanted to show me something. Something he believed was going to help me. "I didn't mean to put you out there to face Stan's rage" he began in an attempt of stirring up a conversation. "The entire Pack is just going to keep talking about this until all is done. I can do better without having Yolanda shove her son up my nose." I snorted. He laughed not from my words but from the expression that accompanied him. He glanced at me for a brief moment, I thought he was going to say something humorous but he shook his head and cluck his tongue. "I can't believe this happened " I gave him a small smile. "You're not totally invisible. It had to happen one way or the other. The entire dynasty has heard of you, the pack e
FAYE EVANS I descended the stairs the next morning just in time as Monique waltzed in through the main double doors with her sunglasses on. The skinny girl stopped halfway through just to take off her sunglasses to scan the living area. She used to be Grimsby's girlfriend. Why was she here? I stood unnoticed by the stairway watching her, my gaze widened momentarily as the butler rolled in her suitcases. Mr. Smith in charge of the domestic staff sprang to her from the kitchen with a radiant smile on his face. That second, Monique noticed me on the stairway. She plastered a smirk on her face before her gaze dropped on Mr Smith. "Have them put my suitcases in a room." She spoke quietly to Mr Smith, "And please be gentle with what's fragile." Mr. Smith nodded leading the butler and other able hands that rolled in the rest of her belongings upstairs. I descended the stairs to grant them access. They bowed slightly as they moved past me by the landing. I was yet to unders
KARLA "Monique was here?" I blinked uncertainly at Faye. She nodded without a word. This struck an unfamiliar chord inside of me. Grimsby was still seeing Monique? "That's how disappointed I am in Grimsby." Faye sighed. I wasn't entirely fazed by Monique's sudden appearance. It was too late, way too late for any of them to try to knock me off of Grimsby's life. I was after all the mother of his heir. "You have to act quickly. You have to secure your position as the Luna of this territory." Faye's tone dropped to a whisper. "I don't know what to do. I'm thinking of meeting Glomé for a love potion." Her face brightened in acute embarrassment as she declared. I gaped at her. Was this how far she was willing to take things? "Grimsby's an Alpha. You could be put to death if such treason is realized." It was the only way that I could scare her from that option. "I just don't know what to do anymore. Did you see Monique?" She glanced at me, "She sounded too confident. She is
ALLISON KEELER It was hard to believe my reality. How did I go from being an Omega girl to a she-wolf training to reclaim her territory? The house on the hills Matt had taken me to was the only reminder I needed. I had to give in all I could to secure my mother's territory. It was going to be hard but I must scale through. My wolf was a stubborn one, no matter how hard Chase and Alan tried to Jace my shift, it was futile. It was disappointing, I hate to think I disappointed them. "The battle is in a few days," Luca joined me that morning on the hill where I went through my morning drill the next morning. "I'm scared." It was the first time I had admitted this aloud since the previous day. Stan had challenged the number one commander position. None of us saw that coming. If they did, they had not prepared me prior. "Stan's a pretty strong wolf but if the goddess kept this destiny for you, be rest assured she won't leave your side." "What if this isn't my destiny?" I sighe
ALPHA COLTON "The High King warns against striking a Northern Pack," my tone was incredibly low when I informed Karl and Vinny of the email I received from King Baldwin."Especially when there's a deal binding this." "I was just thinking of that. It would be hard to recover from these attacks if the Northerners amalgamated with the Outlanders to strike." Vinny said above the rim of his coffee cup. Karl's gaze was on his phone and he had little or no opinion to give on this. This was a constant swirl and one way or the other, we had to break from it. I wanted to break from it sooner and even if it meant using force I was ready to risk it all. "I'll give Syrix, Ayterrh, and Vorix up." I shrugged, "Grimsby can have them." "That's a joke..." Karl looked away from his phone, "Say that again." I reiterated and went silent. Giving up on these territories wasn't the best option but it was the only option I had if I must get reunited with my mate. "What if she doesn't want you?" K
ALLISON KEELER "Feel anything?" Darlene asked, her expectant face fell when I shook my head, "That's okay, I'll try the provocation approach later, your wolf has to emerge." She returned to the laundry we were doing. My attention was on the suit jacket I was dry-cleaning. I tried not to let my thoughts wander off to what was looming. "When you become Luna, I'll be relieved of all these tasks, I'll have my hair and nails done like Karla does all the time. She doesn't lift a finger because her best friend is the Luna. Same here, my cousin's the Luna, why should I work?" I met the silly grin on her face which lit me up for some reason. "A break from all these would be so nice." I smiled. The laundry today was basically ours. Darlene was helping Matt with his clothes and I ended up helping her alongside my clothes. "We will move into Flynn's mansion." Her eyes reflected just how much she couldn't wait to have that life. "I'll find my home." I shrugged. "What do you know ab
ALLISON KEELER "What's wrong?" Matt was the first to notice my subtle mood swings. "You don't look so happy as you were walking in here." I met his eyes and looked away. I didn't have any answer to that question. I did but I didn't want to lie. "Why does your friend always have that attitude?" I whispered so no one else could hear. He didn't need to glance at Dane to know he was the one I actually was speaking of. "What did he do now?" His eyes lit up amusedly. "Do I still have that runt energy?" I asked, sounding unsure. "You're a strong she-wolf, his attitude might not even be about you." He stroked Fihl's cheeks when he yawned. "I think he's hungry," I suggested. "Or maybe tired of being held that way." "You're going to train with him this evening." Matt cocked his head in the golden-haired dude's direction. I glanced his way only to meet his blue eyes, and instantly, my gaze dropped back to my son. "Can't I just stick to Chase? I'm more comfortable wit
ALLISON KEELER "Do I really have to train with Dane?" I felt my cheeks heat up. Call it awkward. Super awkward, that was the feeling inside of me and the only thought in my head. "Stop being a whiny ass and get through this drill." Matt snapped his fingers before my eyes, "Dane's cool if you choose not to stir things up." "Stir things up?" What the hell was he talking about? I watched as he descended the stairs in utter confusion. I got down all set for this training in spandex leggings and a sports shirt. Evelyn looked away from what Darlene was saying to her. She came my way and linked our arms, "I'll come to watch you train." That would make things less awkward. I was grateful she offered to ease the tension. I nodded with a smile leading her towards the back exit door. "Your mom and my dad were lovers," she smiled a bit cheekily, "They had a whole lot of history that I'm going to tell you later." "Lucretia must've been a spark of sunlight." "Yeah she was, but Fi
ALLISON KEELER"What's going on?"I asked Alan after it took Dane forever to spill whatever he had in his guts. "We just received an email from the Western territories of the kingdom." Dane went ahead with a tone that sounded more husky than businesslike. "There's bound to be a war."A war? My face conveyed my shock. War was never a good thing especially when my territory was starting to thrive and recoup from bad governance."Our territory is safe." Alan must've caught the dismay on my face so he chipped in. "We're sealed by magic, it would be hard for the Outlanders to strike.""So why then is everyone acting this way?""The westerners solicit our amalgamation." Dane dragged out the words as though it was supposed to affect me. It did.The Western territories revolved mainly around Colton's territories. His territories were the majority. If we amalgamated our territories that meant going for those meetings, running into Colton, and risking the big discovery of the child we had to
ALLISON KEELER "There's a notice from the border," Alan dropped the folders in his hands on my desk, "It's a good thing we were on guard last night.""We would have been swept last night if we didn't take security measures?" I asked to be certain I understood him. "Here's your speech for this noon." Luca dropped a file on my desk. Smiling, Luca took a photo of me on my executive desk and smiled broadly into his phone. "Hmm, look how good you you look!""Delete that!" I growled at him stretching out to snatch the phone from his hand."You will need some executive photos," he held the phone out so I could see the photo. A smile curled on my lips. I looked so good. "Delete that," I said regardless. "We will have more patrol teams on the borders and send spies and trackers to see what they can gather." Alan went back to business. "You will address the entire Pack today by noon."I already knew that. Thoughts of standing before the entire Pack kicked in my anxiety. "Your executive a
ALLISON KEELER"Congratulations!"Evelyn gushed as I descended the stairs the night of the full moon. The silver dress I wore was perfect as the glow of the moon shone on it, and my hair and makeup looked extremely perfect. This was one of the things that kept me smiling all through. "So we get to leave this hole?" Darlene snorted. "I love this place." I did. The size didn't matter to me, all that did was have everyone together. Sir Garfield, although placed in a facility to help him recover quickly, was now an integral part of my life. A bigger mansion was no doubt going to fit everyone but it wasn't what I fancied at that time of my life. The ritual that night was a rare lucid moment. Without a trace of doubt in my heart, I picked Alan as my Beta. He knew so much about the pack and I was unsure why I picked Dane as my Gamma. This caused a stir in my circle but none of them seemed to own up to their thoughts. Was it because of the crown on my head now?"I don't know what's goi
Alpha Colton"Bullshit," I spat with vengeful eyes on Grimsby. All he said to me made no sense at all. "Where the hell is she?""You're not here for war now are you?" Grimsby sounded nervous but he kept a feigned composure. "You give me the girl and we're all good." I tried not to let my fury consume me. "She's not here." Grimsby huffed.My face dissolved into a confused frown. What did he mean she wasn't here?He met my inquisitive eyes and chose to explain things."Allison is safe. Trust me but I'm not the only northern ruler bonded to this deal, we don't want to turn this into some bloodbath." His tone was gravely low, "Let's talk at my office."Vinny released a breath glancing my way. I completely understood the dangers of striking out at the moment. The risk to these innocent pack members' lives was great and even worse, the weaker Western territories were going to feel the heat. The northerners were only going to strike brutally as revenge. This didn't feel right. "It's jus
ALPHA COLTON "I can't sense her," I informed Vinny the second we made it through Hornsgate borders. "You don't expect her scent to waft up your nostrils if she's a million miles away from here." He replied, his gaze on the map on his phone. "Hornsgate isn't that big a place." I inwardly scorned it. I had been to bigger territories, this was absolutely not one of them. "Grimsby will realize we're in his territory in no time." Vinny glanced from his phone. "I want him to as soon as possible. I just can't wait to end this." I hissed and drummed the steering wheel as the car zoomed through the highway. The thoughts of the northerners pooling in on us were now so overwhelming that I gestured to Vinny to get the anti-wolfsbane and anti-silver spray that Haedon had given me. If anything, this barbaric Pac was only going to try to use these two lethal forces on us. I knew just that. From a distance, three trucks zoomed up behind us. There was every possibility they were Gri
ALLISON KEELER"Would you abandon your territory to become Colton's Luna if he wanted you?"Dane typed a few things on his computer making a few edits to the speech Luca had just sent him. My coronation speech."My people are now my priority. So, no." I was unsure why he brought this up. Dane rarely talked to me and lately, he was all bent on asking about Colton. Did he fancy the ruthless ruler as well?He stretched and glanced at his wristwatch before he put his computer away. "I want to grab dinner," he slammed the computer and got to his feet grabbing his keys, "Coming?"Me?I thought he didn't like having me around but what did it hurt? I nodded and got to my feet. I left Sir Garfield's home office to first check on Fihl before I followed Dane out towards his Rover. "I want to see the pack, I want to meet with and get to know my people," I said in the front seat of his car. "You will, in a few more days." He glanced at me and reached out to grab the little fancy gift bag stre
ALLISON KEELER Matt was eerily silent all through the meeting with the pack elders. Alan and Chase did most of the talking. The elders swore their fealty and were more than willing to back me up on my rulership as the Luna of the pack. The day for the official crowning was the next full moon which was in just six days. I was happy. My joy was radiant but Matt's silence caught me even as we were all gathered for dinner he didn't say a word. All he did was cast me weird gazes and toy with his salmon. Something was bothering him and he denied it each time I asked. I offered to help Evelyn clear the table and stack the dishwasher. She was teasing me all over again about Grimsby's felicitations. I rolled my eyes and remained silent. "A diamond ring?" She gasped, "That's an awfully expensive one." She was talking about the ring Grimsby had sent my way amongst other gifts and items which were now in Darlene's possession. I didn't want anything from Grimsby. But what if it was
ALPHA COLTON "This is extremely impulsive," Vinny breathed, "We don't act on impulse." "If Grimsby wants to make this into a war then so be it." "This can cause a lot of damage, this can lead to regret." "I'm already wallowing in both." I hissed, "There's nothing left to lose." "Your territories?" I flail my hand in the air in an attempt to ease the fury inside of me. "I've already made up my mind. Do what needs to be done around here, I'll be back in a few days." "I'd be doomed if I let you off on your own." He met the fury in my eyes and quickly added, "You're a strong Alpha no doubt but the Northerners..." "I want the Pack matters that need my attention to be instantly sorted out, I want you to..." "Fuck it, Colton, I'm coming with you." "You're not leaving my territory unguarded, you're the Gamma of this pack..." "Karl will take care of what needs to be taken care of. We'll find a wolf to track her scent and I..." I hoisted the backpack from the coffee table and hea
ALPHA COLTON "Not that frown again," Shirley clucked her tongue with a broadening smile on her face. "What do you want?" I asked my face, suggesting I was not pleased to have her meddle in my part of the property. I had been unnecessarily liberal when I chose to offer Jace a part of my mansion to live in. Now I had to deal with it. "I miss you." She pursed her lips reaching out to touch my face. I acted instantly to prevent her from touching me. Whatever we had ended a while ago. She was now with my stepbrother. There had to be some boundaries. A lot was going on with me and having to pick a fight over a girl with Jace became a luxury I couldn't afford. "From now on you will speak discreetly. There's nothing between us anymore so I expect a more discreet relationship." The smile on her face faded, and a snort appeared on her face. "There's no gain being with you." She hissed, "Jace had a lot more to offer. I'm happy and content with my small family." "I'm glad to hear t