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
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"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 KEELERI muffled a curse as the deafening wails of the prison's alarm intensified the throbbing ache in my head and my thick lashes fluttered rapidly to accommodate the scene before me. Hoisting from the floor, I winced at the pain in my right arm from a futile attempt to place a soothing hand on the burning sensation on my head. With my trembling fingers, I felt the encrusted blood on my head. The main entrance was blurry as my gaze squinted, trying to make out the silhouette masculine figure against the ray of lights by the door as he approached me. They had all escaped. The frantic prisoners had broken free and I was one of their victims, but unlucky enough to have survived the fatal blow. He knew I was no match for this job. Alpha Colton knew I was too weak for defense as a prison warden in case things turned out the way they did, and yet, he had chosen to select me to keep watch on the vicious rogues. He had chosen to punish me in ways that triggered my anxiety daily.
ALLISON KEELERMy heart momentarily ceased beating the second my thick lashes flickered open, locking on the mesmerizing eyes gazing right at me.Instantly, I averted my gaze, squinting at the brightness of the room. The lights were blinding and the sheets felt comfortable. My eyes darted across from where I lay in the big bed. It was a luxuriously furnished room with comfortable beddings and Colton's patchouli intermingled sweetly with the roses in a white vase by the corner. Alpha Colton was all I thought of. Sitting up in the bed, my wounds were healed and my head was void of the excruciating pain from earlier. Tears filled my eyes. I had survived again. Something I didn't mean to. Fear clung onto my inside now I could sense power emanating from Colton. The Alpha aura. Colton was a ferocious Alpha who was a force to be reckoned with. He was better as an ally than a foe. I had unbelievably gotten on his blacklist which had automatically placed me as his foe, and I was still payin
ALPHA COLTON I had awoken that fateful morning to the sound of my buzzing phone that morning. The call came in from the prison desk and I had quickly surmised something was terribly wrong. I was not mistaken. When I had learned of what happened all my heart prayed for was having Allison taken out of my Pack for good.I glanced back at her, feeling the same wave of disgust I did each time my eyes drifted off to her. The Goddess must've been high on some cheap stuff to think I was ever going to be with her. Not even in my drunken state. I knew just how to end her misery but couldn't take the initiative to do it. All that there was to do was to wait for the perfect accident to clear her off. instantly, I caught myself, repressed the fury surging inside of me just to remind myself this was the last phase of my plan. I consciously shifted my thoughts from the pathetic Omega to the captives that just escaped. I desperately wanted to know how they were able to break out of the heavily
ALPHA COLTONPeering at the escaping sun rays from the heavy window drapes, I disentangled from Allison’s engulfing body. Then my eyes dropped on the girl sleeping peacefully beside me.Memories of the previous night surged through my mind. I hadn't planned on taking Allison to bed the way I did. I would've doubted if I had been told my previous day would end up in her arms. Yet it did. I thought of reasons why I found her appealing at first. She wasn't half as elegant as Shirley was, yet, she turned my head a few times. She was petite, way smaller than how I liked my women. She was frightful and weak, the extreme opposite of what I wanted in my woman. As an Alpha, I was attracted to strength, beauty, and class. This girl in my arms was void of those three qualities, yet I had gawked at her in the black dress. I couldn't bring myself to think of how scared my wolf had been when I walked into the prison to find her completely hurt and frightened. It was how I loved seeing her but my
ALLISON KEELER I sat absently in an armchair by the window munching on the toasts Maeve served me for breakfast. My mind wandered far off, the night before invading my thoughts. I woke up that morning to empty sheets with Alpha Colton gone from the room but his scent lingered on the sheets. His patchouli lingered sweetly on me. We'd made love the previous night. I had made love to a man for the first time and it wasn't just any man but my mate. It was going to remain one of the best nights of my life. Alpha Colton had marked me as his mate. That was the best sign I could ever search for. Finally, I belonged to him forever. A wide grin plastered on my face. "I've picked out a dress, hurry and come get ready," Maeve announced, popping her head from the closet door. "Do you think he's going to take me out to lunch?" I asked cluelessly, unsure of what to expect as I walked into the closet discarding the gray bathrobe I wore. Maeve smiled at me, moving ahead to cl