**Jason's POV**The Dinner was a festive affair all the alphas vying for an audience with the king no matter how brief.As the snow started to really blow in, I locked Ariana's in my arms, and brought her to the ceiling high windows to watch it. She was vibrating with excitement, but managed to stay put. She whispered. "It's so beautiful! It's like the flakes are dancing with each other. This is going to always be my favorite time of the year. I found my family, my heart, my home!"I lift her into my arms and took her to our bed. I slowly undress her kissing every inch of her skin, as I expose it.She smells amazing. She tastes incredible. I will never get enough of the sounds she makes. As I enter her, her walls clench around me and I grind my teeth to prevent spitting my load like a thirteen year old having his first wet dream! Godddesss!As she drops off the edge for the fourth time, she pulls me with her and we are free falling. This! This is why I am here on this planet!We lai
**Ariana's POV**I kissed Jason and my dad, while Lily kissed Jack. "Be careful, my angel!" I nodded and smiled. "There are three packs arriving today. Please make sure our people travel on paws and not wheels. I don't want anyone hurt! Although Doctor Eric is shaping up to be a pretty good healer, he struggles with anything major. I love you!"Lily held my hand and we step out through the back door. Opening a portal, we step through. As we step into the opening some older woman gasps "Lily" and runs off.. I giggle. "You gonna shock them?" She grins and nods "Who knew justpopping in could cause such excitement!?" And we both laugh, as she locks her hand around my elbow we start walking to the center of the village.A woman comes out of a cottage shouting "Lily my dear child. It's been years! How well you look. You have been sorely missed!" And as she reached for her, she stepped back saying "I'm actually not here for a social visit. No one shows up after 18 years for a social call
**Jason's POV**Ariana and Lily got quite a bit of information and now, as I listen to Lily telling Jack about the hemlock, I am ready to destroy the entire coven. "Has the entire world gone mad? Our own king has decided to kill off all alpha leadership so he can become a dictator to the surviving ones. Insane!"Max yells. "Watch! Pouty pants has just realized his father has been misplaced Listen!" I laughed. "Misplaced?" MAX nods telling us yup, that's what border patrol said! Idiots. The kingdom is run by idiots. Alex is throwing shit, yelling at Mia, screaming to bring him the witch and as soon as Virginia shows up he orders. Do a location spell on my father. This instant! How did he sneak away? Where could he be! How long has he been gone?" Virginia looks at the two girls.Ariana sits up and walks to the screen. Looks back at Lily then back at the screen "I want those two girls out of there! Watch their body language look at their wrists."Cornelia's arm and Dahlia's throat.
**Ariana's POV**I have been diligently watching the witches for nearly a week. They are never without that snake, Virginia, so Lily and I are working out a plan, it's a little risky. I am working on a sleep/memory powder. It has to be daytime because I don't want to have to tote two unconscious witches through a portal.I'm on my way to discuss it with Jason! This will be fun. Jason looks up asIwalk in, he scoots his chair back and opens his arms. I climb into his lap and say, I have to talk to you about going after those witches. Dahlia has more bruises. She's becoming more withdrawn. I'm worried, Jason. Witches are supposed to be happy beings! The reclusive ones turn to the darkness and I can't let that happen. So, I have a plan! I made a sleep/memory powder. I blow it in the viper's face and she goes to sleep waking with no memory of me being there. I don't think it can be at night though because I don't want to carry two sleeping witches through a portal. Lily will stay on th
**Jason's POV**Ariana and I have been working in the office, for the last couple hours. Boring things that need doing. She's staying on top of provisions and supplies. The bills are being paid. We have decided to have a Christmas Ball. Our people are getting restless and everyone needs focus. Ariana has ordered Christmas trees for every pack. Huge ones!We had made sure every pack had an enormous communal tent so they still had together time and a place for pack meetings, in private. The amenities may not be five-star but everyone assures me they are comfortable. Jeremy comes in, sulking, Ariana smiles up at him "Why so glum, chum?" He sighs. "Just wanting to meet my mate! Dude! This is ridiculous. Max found his! I guess the holidays are making me feel lonely."She says "I get it! I do! The Christmas Ball is on the full moon, next Saturday. You will find her there. It's a feeling " And he jumpedup and grabbed her swinging her in a circle.Martin and Chris come in handing me a p
**Ariana's POV**I am beyond pissed and I am not even sure what I am pissed about but I know it isn't good. Opening a portal, we stepped through. I stormed myself to the center of the village yelling for Prudence, and Gloria. As before, Pru came out acting happy we were there "Where's my niece? I would have liked to see her" and I grabbed her by her throat stomping my way to Gloria's cottage, dragging Prudence with us, I slammed all the doors on the cottages to keep everyone inside.Slamming Gloria's door open I threw Prudence into a chair then shoved Gloria into one beside her.Restraining them both I sneered "Tell me! You fucking did not kill my mother! YOU TELL ME YOU DID NOT MURDER YOUR OWN DAUGHTER! ! What did you use? Botulinum?"Cyanide? Arsenic? No, no it was all three! You used all 3, didn't you!? You better fucking start talking and trust knowing, I can tell when you're lying. When did you learn the King was Eva's true mate? What possessed you to approach the Queen? Becaus
**Jason's POV**What a night that was! We got back just before midnight, and we all justfell into our beds. And waking this morning, my giddy, excited mate has practically vibrated off the bed. I laugh and scoop her up to grab a shower before breakfast.Her happiness is infectious and it can be felt throughout the entire pack.Walking to the dining hall, there was laughter, people singing Christmas songs, kids romping and playing. And I know it's due, in part, to Ariana's exuberance. The pack needs this right now. We need this right now! Sitting down, Max father says.."Alpha, Sophie went out last evening, and hasn't returned. We checked her room and realized she packed a bag. I think she's run off". I nodded. "Thank you for telling me. I am sorry she has to disrupt your family so disrespectfully."By the time we made it to the conference room, Alex had already been told his mother had died in her sleep and Chris mumbled "Too peaceful for that fucking pit viper" and the room erupt
**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
**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