**Ariana's POV**I'm standing here listening to him berate me for something that was an accident and trying not to get pissed I remove my earphones from my ears having turned my music off when I fell. ''Are you fucking kidding me right now?" It was an accident! An easily rectifiable accident. I didn't mean to bump into you and I certainly wouldn't have chosen to turn you into a 7 feet tall bunny. My choice would have been a jackass. If you had even an ounce of a sense of humor you would have found it funny.But nooo... because it happened to the big bad Alpha there's no way that would be humorous. Tell me something if it had happened to Max, would you have found humor in that!? "That stick up your ass must've turned sideways!''I turn to walk away and he grabs my arm to spin me around and I plant my feet, twisting my body, flipping him over my back and placing my foot on his chest. ''Don't touch me without my permission." Walking into the back I tell Lily the Alpha wants to see he
**Jason's POV**"Driving home, I am furious!"How dare her disrespect me. And fucking Aves is howling in my head in laughter. A bunny. A Goddess damned bunny. And pink! A fucking pink bunny. Max! Dude! Shut the fuck up! It's not that funny. From the back seat Jeremy laughs harder ''It is, though, man. The tail. The fluffy pink tail hanging off your ass! It was funny as fuck! And if it had been Max or me you'd be rolling. Wait! Wait! I took a pie. "Look!'' Oh hell No!"Delete that shit, Jeremy" I am fucking serious. "I will Alpha Command you dude!'' And my two best friends just roared! Good to know they got my back. Aves stop laughing. I'm praying to Goddess she's our mate. Best say ever!''Fuck you!''I feel a tug on the mind link and release the block. Alpha! it's Ariana, a girl just came in the apothecary, asking to buy another case of portion. I told her it had been discontinued which, had you asked, I would have been happy to have told you earlier.It was my first decision
**Ariana's POV**Lily and Jack have had dinner and are sitting on the couch, watching television. I walks in and Lily said she put a plate in the microwave for me. I smiled at them both walks over and kisses their cheeks and says.''I'm grabbing some coffee and my dinner heading to the studio". I need to work off today's fiasco. Oh! and that girl actually came in for more potions. I told her we aren't selling them for a while hen I let the Alpha know. Lily nodded and said. He called to apologize but I didn't talk to him. Jack did'' I looked at Jack and smiles. ''Wow!"Maybe he isn't as bad as I was thinking. And she laughs shaking her head. I stopped in my room and changed into my old painting sweats and tee shirt, throwing my hair up in a messy bun. I opened the studio door and stepped in pulling out a large brick of modeling clay and began to sculpt. Using my exact knife I began cutting to achieve the shape I was going for. Several hours later, I stood and stretched my back ou
**Jason's POV**I sit straight up in bed! What the fuck was that? I link Max and Jeremy to grab us breakfast and meet me in the office. ASAP! I am still processing what happened.Was it a dream? Was it really the Moon Goddess? I am confused! So very confused.The guys walk in and I barely take a breath ''Sit, sit" Listen. I had a dream last night. I think it was a dream. It might have been a vision. I actually think I traveled in my sleep.The Moon Goddess came to me as I was sleeping. She told me my mate needed me. But she's afraid! Afraid I will leave..like her mother's mate did but the Goddess told me he didn't have a choice. He was forced to leave her even though he didn't want to. But, she doesn't know that."Max pipes up ''So, who is your mate?" And have you decided you want a mate? Maybe that's why the Goddess spoke to you? "Like a test?'' I shake my head. ''No she knew about my hesitation and she knew about Aves. She didn't tell me who my mate is but she said I will have to
**Ariana's POV**Lily yelled up the stairs Come on Birthday Girl! Jack is meeting us at the Den.Your birthday is in exactly three hours and 37 minutes. The blue moon will be at its zenith exactly like the night you were born! "Let's get to celebrating."I took a quick spin in front of my mirror my dress fit perfectly as violet as my eyes. I have black heels on my hair done in a messy chignon. Aunt Lily did a beautiful job on it. ''Coming "now, my crazy Aunt!'' I laughed!We got to the club and Jack "was waiting for us, at the door. He swung me around, kissed my forehead and wished me happy birthday. In such a short time, he has found a permanent place in my heart! He's such a good man! We ordered dinner and were enjoying our after dinner drinks, as the band warmed up. Jack reached across the table and handed me a small square box and said ''Happy birthday!" I want to thank you for letting me love you as my own'' I got a little teary eyed and opened the box. it was a beautiful tenn
**Jason's POV**It felt like I just laid down, it's been a crazy day.Sophie has been banished to her parents house. No longer allowed at the pack house. She is not to address me by anything but my title and she pitched a fit! A full blown tantrum breaking and throwing shit. Max had to restrain her and I ordered her parents to get her crazy ass into therapy.Alpha! Speak! We have an intruder On the west border, bythe river.Luan subdued it but it is refusingto shift. Hold in place. On my way I wake Max and Jeremy alerting them to the intruder and we haul ass to the river. Within minutes we are approaching smell honey and cinnamon. I also smell blood. Blood? Aves has gone ape shit and leapt into warp speed and he's not listening to me in his anger. We rush into the clearing and I see her! A magnificent white wolf blood pouring from her side, staining the fur red and her right leg twisted at a difficult angle.Max has shifted wearing shorts and holding a pair for me. I immediately sh
**Ariana's POV** My eyes got big I wasn't expecting him to justaccept me right out of the blue. "My father accepted my mom. He mated her, but never marked her. He spent three days with her and on the fourth day, she woke up and he was gone. Just gone. No note, no goodbye nothing! She found out two weeks later, I was the result of her heart being crushed.Not a great feeling to have lived with my whole life. He never knew I existed. She never looked for him. I don't even know his name. If I am honest with myself, I feel cheated and I would love to know his name.I would be able to tell him how I really feel about him. How I hate what he did! I despise that my mom's broken heart never healed. For nearly 18 years, she was broken! She loved me but I never knew what it was like to live in a happy home. She tried but she never knew happiness after he left.Aunt Lily was the only happiness I grew up with. Then, when she lost what was left of her mind before my 16th birthday and the two yea
**Jason's POV**Dear Goddess! Keeping my hands off that beautiful woman is going to test the very last bit of my patience. I walk into the kitchen and Lily looks behind me, with her eyebrow raised in question. "She's getting dressed she should be down in a minute and her eyebrow goes higher. I laugh and shake my head "No we will mate when she is ready!" And Lily nods.Ariana skips into the kitchen, grabbing the mug Lily holds out to her she thanks her and kisses her cheek. "Where's Uncle Jack?"Lily smiles. He's gone to get the diner open and everyone settled, then he's coming back here to help me pack you up. Are you going to have an art studio at the pack house or should I just leave yours set up here? Both of them looking at me. "We can look at which room will suit you best and if none of them strike your fancy, I will build you one!" Ariana gasped and squealed leaping into my arms! Yep! Can definitely get used to this. "Ariana, we need to go to the pack house so I can announc
**Jason POV**Jeremy runs into the office like the hounds of hell are chasing him "All hell is breaking loose!" Ariana water broke and Celia won't let anyone near her saying she's going to glitch us to Southeast Asia. No! Do not ask me why that's even a thing something about popping into VietNam in the pouring rain? Anyway, get your fucking asses out there and control your women. Max and I haul ass to the sitting room and Ariana is panting and she's trying to smile at him through the pain. She kept on repeating "It's fine, I'm okay, " I scoops her up and rushes to the infirmary. Lily is waiting for them and Eva pops in behind me making me jump three feet "Fuck me! Give a dude a warning. "Wear a fucking bell, or something!" Which had all three women roaring with laughter. Max is yelling from the corridor that Celia is having contractions, so everyone scrambled to get her hooked to monitors and trying to calm Max down. Until Celia's water broke, then he started gagging and ran for
**Jason POV**It's been two weeks since our wedding. Two weeks of absolute bliss. Since our wedding night, something shifted within us. When our wolves mated and marked, it was as if, I can feel her.Inside my soul, I can sense where she is I get flashes of what she is seeing doing in unguarded moments, I even know what she is going to say before she says it. She's the same and we have been learning to control it. We had to, it has been such a sensory overload, that we were struggling to accomplish even the smallest tasks.Like right now, I can feel her approaching and I can feel she's excited which always scares the shit out of me, by the way, but her thoughts are shielded. And that helps so much. My door bursts open and she rushes over to me. Straddling my lap, she tucks around me and buries her face in my neck. I chuckle "What's got my little bunny so excited?"And she whispers "I'm trying to stay anchored" and I know she means she's trying not to glitch. We have figured out she
**Ariana's POV**I'm nervous. My mom is nervous. Jason has been MIA most of the day and my nerves are reaching frantic phase. Lily passes me a cup of tea then one to Momma. She orders us to drink and nearly immediately, we calm somewhat. Okay! We can do this! The tea helped!My momma is dressed in a royal blue gown long sleeves straight a-line with a slit to justabove her knee. Embroidered gold lacing edges the neckline and sleeve cuffs, a slim gold chain is draped around her hips with the tail hanging down her thigh ending with a wolf's head weight done in sapphires. She looks beautiful. Jason chose my gown. And I couldn't be happier. It's ivory satin, strapless bodice encrusted with tiny rhinestones scattered throughout, a drop down waistline that flares from my hips into a full skirt, layered in chiffon, again with rhinestones interspersed in the folds. It shimmered with every movement. It has a tiara with a chiffon like veil that drapes down my back and attaches at my wrists s
**Jason POV**The days are running together, we have started getting the pack back to normal, there's little to know sign of the many camps we had set up to protect the packs from attack. We still have the occasional fight with unruly rogues but nothing too big.Martin is holding Eva's coronation and the official crowning of the princess as the heir to the throne. Ariana has been cranky about it for days. Demanding her parents have another baby so she's off the hook. Which, of course, isn't how it works at all and she knows it. She knows that the crown was always supposed to go to a female the White Wolf, she's being contrary.Right now, we are waiting for the birth of Lily and Jack's little one. Ariana and Eva are with her. Martin and I have arranged for mine and Ariana's wedding to take place the night of the coronation. I'm hoping to surprise her with it but if I'm honest, I worry she will either take my head off or glitch herself to B.F.E! Either way, it should be a fun time f
**Ariana's POV**I'm not happy, I was not prepared to be outted and I know Jason is royally pissed. Hah! Punny! We are all waiting now for Alex decision and personally, I think he will refuse to abdicate thinking Daddy won't kill him.Jason hasn't taken his hands from my waist since the announcement that I am the white wolf. I can feel his anger radiating through the bond, I can't really blame him.We were blindsided and I can only hope my father knows what he is doing. A lot of wolves could be harmed by this revelation. However, I do realize, eventually, our people would have to know.A heads up would have gone a long way to assuage Jason's anger, though. I turn to my momma "Do you want to hang around here and wait for Alex's decision?" Daddy will have to be sworn back in, but she will have to have a coronation and mating ceremony. She grimaced and said. "I will wait to hear his decision then I want to return to Crimson Moon!" I nodded. Alex is demanding a trial and Daddy laughed
**Jason POV**Crazy! That's all I can think about the current king. He's crazy. He still believes he holds the power. Not realizing almost all his warriors have either surrendered or died. And now, Martin decides we are all going to sit and chat. This should be fun!I walked over to Max "You do know your sister is probably going to die this time right!?" The only reason she's stayed alive this long has been out of respect for your family. So..contact your parents, bro."They have the right to say goodbye " He nods. "She stopped being my sister a long time ago. I don't know how she went so wrong."Jeremy got everything set up he needed to go live and Martin sat at the head of the table. He sat his son on one side and his son on the other. Several reporters sat in a cluster of seats off to the right side facing them.To the left sat the rest of the Royal family. With the exception of Ariana, Eva and myself. We sat behind Martin. Ariana had given Abraham and Alex truth potions and fro
**Jason's POV**Martin and Ariana entered the palace and Ariana followed her father they went directly to the throne room finding it empty. She followed him to the atrium and nothing. Ariana looked at Martin "Where is the fucking safe room in this mausoleum?"Martin started laughing "You know one day you will be living here right?" She rolled her eyes and scoffed "Pssshhh! I see a major renovation and remodel in my future that's what the fuck I see." "This place needs more light more life. It feels like a tomb, Daddy!" He nods agreeing."I just never cared enough, daughter! It was never my home!" She wrapped her arm into the crook of his elbow and pulling him down, she kissed his cheek "I love you, Daddy! Now, let's go find Alex! I have a brother to choke!" And they both laughed.Alex wasn't in the King's chambers nor was he in the salon. They didn't find him in his office or the safe room behind the wall in there. They made their way to the Queen's office and Martin's whole family
**Jason POV**Walking into the ball, everything is magical. The ceiling is dark with draped fabrics and twinkle lights making it look like a night sky. The dance floor is surrounded by decorated Christmas trees making it seem like an actual clearing in a copse of pines. She has sweet little benches hidden in the trees for lovers to find a stolen moment.Ariana is showing everyone her ring her parents are beaming at her. It's heartbreaking to remember how much they have been through to get to this point.But, nothing has beaten Ariana nothing holds her back, or gets her down for very long. I admire her. I don't just love her, I am proud of her. I respect her. And I admire her! As if she heard my thoughts, she appears in front of me "Will you dance with me, Alpha Crimson?" I swooped her into my arms and spun us around kissing down her neck and across her shoulder. "It would be my utmost pleasure, Mrs. Crimson!"Jeremy danced by us with a beautiful brunette, nearly as tall as he is an
**Jason POV**Every Alpha on Crimson Moon's territory had twenty pack members answering phones or returning emails. The response was overwhelming and gratifying! An entire species coming together to reunite in one belief. Every pack calling for the abdication of Alex.In the conference room, the alphas watched the catastrophic meltdown of the King. He ordered trackers out to bring in every rogue they could find by force, if necessary. He ordered combat training every day for six straight hours. He ordered Virginia to find him witches.What he failed to realize was lot of rogues had seen the broadcast and gone to ground not wanting to die for what they knew was a lost cause already. The witches had all been warned by the High Priestess helping the King of Wolves was a death sentence.Martin and Jason were systematically cutting off any additional aid for Alex. Jeremy had hacked into the palace's computers. He had already frozen all bank accounts.Seized all assets in the name of King M