ALLISON KEELER Stan backed away with his hands brushing off the sand in his eyes but not for once forgetting I was before him in the battle ring. The smugness dropped from him the second he saw me back on my feet, my wounds healed. I watched him with vengeful eyes, his hands held the dagger he had taken from the weapon stand, the blade shiny before my eyes. I watched him, I heard him calculate his moves in his head, the smirks returning now he had his clear vision back. "Bitch!" He spat again to the ground, his eyes revealing the intensity of his annoyance. My gaze was fixed on his eyes, it was his greatest weakness, it was the one place Chase had urged me to go for. I remained still and calculating with my claws out and my heart thumping. He stalled as though waiting for me to make the first move but Alan's voice in my head kept me from making a mistake. I started backing away, a move to fool him into charging towards me. Stan didn't miss a beat, he harped on this and
ALLISON KEELER "So we move to the mansion?" Darlene beamed the next morning during breakfast. Sir Garfield's house was stacked up with flowers and gifts from the Pack members. "I'm Allison not Mildred!" I snorted, twitching a smile at the name on the cards and gifts. My face was flushed with joy as I went through the gifts. The pollen grains in the air choked Fihl up and he didn't stop his baby-sized sneezes. "We keep the flowers from the main building," I instructed since Fihl was showing signs of allergies. "We need a bigger place to stay," Darlene rolled her eyes, "I want to walk those floors I used to scrub." "We're not taking Flynn's mansion." I shook my head. Luca's eyes regarded me as though to see if I was telling a joke. I was well pleased with him, he had volunteered to guard my son together with Darlene and Evelyn. "I can't wait to lounge around the pool area sunbathing and lazing around all day." Darlene hummed. "You're not the Luna." Chase picked on her
ALPHA COLTON "The Northerners have resumed their raids on the Southern and part of the Western territories." Karl tossed an envelope on my home office desk. I sucked in a quick breath before I opened the envelope sent to us by our spies. The photo of gross bloodshed and vandalization was sickening. I felt sick to think Allison was in the hands of these bloody barbarians. "Grimsby responded to our mail," Ron announced, bringing the computer closer. My eyes left the nasty sight before me to settle on Ron waiting for him to read Grimsby's reply. My commanders and I had given him a six-day ultimatum to return Allison or strike his territory. "You bring this up again then I promise to return her," Ron read clearly then he looked up at me and added tactfully, "In a body bag." Grimsby was capable of this. But I was not afraid of his threats. "Gather our soldiers and scouts, we strike Hornsgate..." "We can't give heat for heat." Vinny warned, "We're in the fifth month, let'
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
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
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
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
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