Camron’s POV He sat with her laid on him for over an hour, and I had to just swallow all of it. He knows I am in love with this girl. Why would he do this? I did everything right. I let her have her space. She didn’t need me up in her space and she certainly didn’t need him. She's an Alpha. She doesn’t need anyone. He just came in, stormed over and grabbed what's mine. If it weren't for the fact that my dad and the Alpha were in here the whole time, I would have ripped her away from him and beat the shit out of him. What kind of best friend does this? I have been pacing back and forth in the room, not removing my eyes from the two on the bed, seething in my anger. He has been running his hands through her hair, up and down her back, over her arms... and every time he does, I growl. The Alpha and my dad have stood by with smug smiles on their faces not interfering with what he is doing which is only making my mood sourer. The Alpha is leaning against the wall, with his arms crossed o
Serenity’s POV I didn’t mean to fall asleep on Mylo. It was unprofessional. He was going to be my Beta one day. But I needed him. I needed someone to support me and hold me. Someone who I could trust not to lie to me. I didn’t hesitate to let him scoop me up. I don’t feel guilty for allowing myself to be cradled in his arms. Embarrassed? Yes. Especially when I woke up to what felt like an interrogation. My father was leaning against the wall, head down with his arms folded over his chest. I could feel his annoyance rolling from him from here. Uncle Carson was slumped in the chair next to my bed, looking like he is struggling not to fall asleep. Cam, weirdly, is sitting on the floor with his knees pulled up, and his head resting in his hands. I sit up slightly, using Mylo’s chest as leverage to push myself up from his body. His hands instantly go to either side of my face, making me look up at him. He runs his fingers back through my hair comforting me. His smile makes me weak all ove
Alpha Sams POV I don’t know who this pup is right now. She's never snapped at us like this. Never snapped at anyone really. What the fuck is going on? Did she get replaced by a body double or has she hit her head or something? She is talking to my Beta’s pup like they are the best of friends and outside of pack business I have never seen the two interact. This is starting to freak me the fuck out. Maybe the Goddess swapped her out when she healed her? “Ren. I know you have been through a lot but...” I start, and she swings her head around to look at me. Her wolf is clear in her eyes, and they don’t look happy with me. I get that. I have a lot to apologise for. But she needs to calm down. “A lot. Do you think you have any... Dad. Please. Just... I need to know what the fuck is going on. Where is the Luna?” she asks with anger in her voice. Rage boils in my veins at her calling her the Luna. She is NOT my Luna. I take a deep breath and close my eyes. I can't flip at my daughter for
Serenity’s POV I couldn’t help but burst it out. The rage I had been feeling boiled over. I never feel like this. Anger and rage weren't my thing, but between all the secrets, my father insisting on him not being affected by the breaking of his bond, and that damn Delta growling every five minutes for no reason... I just blew up when he called her my ‘mother’. She isn't my mother. I know it is irrational for me to be so mad he said it. It's irrational for me to be so mad about the secrets when I haven't exactly been forthcoming. I hid things so he didn’t kill his mate years ago. I did it so this pack could keep the Luna they love so much. I did it so that I didn’t deprive everyone of the one woman they all need to depend on as the mother of this pack. She's my aunt's best friend, my father's first love, and my packs Luna. I needed to take whatever shit she could deal out, so they didn’t lose that. But I swear if anyone else calls her my mother, I am going to lose it. ‘Let me forwar
Alpha Sam’s POV The look of horror on Rens's face almost had me laughing. I know she's panicked thinking I don’t know about her learning to be a doctor. I learned a lot about my pup in the last forty-eight hours. I don’t care if she wants to be a doctor or an Alpha... hell at this point she could tell me she wants to be a clown and I wouldn’t care. I just want her alive and happy. Is it my dream to have my baby girl take over the pack and be Alpha like me and my father before me – yeah, obviously. But this isn't about me or my dreams. She stutters for a moment, and it takes me everything not to laugh. “I will wait outside while the doctor checks you over ok. Doc. If she's not ok to leave, she's not. No arguments. I understand you want your own room and bed, but that can wait until you are strong enough.” I say as I walk out of the room. Ren’s pale face stared blankly at me as if she was expecting me to blow up at Alex for calling her his student. “I love you pup,” I say and walk ou
Serenity’s POV “Alex, did you... did you tell my dad about my working here?” I ask in a shaky voice with a large knot in my throat. He laughs deeply and I snap my eyes to him. “Yeah, I kinda had to kiddo.” he says with a small smile. “Was he mad?” I ask, lowering my head and picking at my nails. I hadn't moved from the floor where my father left me. I needed to know how deep I was in it. “Mad? Why would he be mad sweetheart?” He asks with genuine shock on his face. “I thought he would think I don’t want to be Alpha if he knew I was training with you.” I say with a small voice. Of course, I want to be Alpha. I want to make my father, and his father proud. After seeing my grandmother and grandfather in whatever weird dimension thing I went to whilst they operated on me, I know now more than ever that I need to be the best Alpha for this pack. “I think he thought that for all of a second at most. But even if you did choose this life over being the Alpha of the pack, I am sure
Serenity’s POV Getting back to the pack house was interesting, I felt like I had spotters. After storming past Cam and his damn growling, ignoring his forlorn face, I felt like all my muscles protested at my sharp movements. All my energy left me because of my outburst and show of distaste in his behaviour, so getting to the car, I developed a slight sway. I tried to protest that I didn’t need a car to take me the three minutes to the pack house, but my father just laughed at me and told me to park my ass. Following a roll of eyes, a huff, and my throwing myself in the back seat next to Myles, I just closed my eyes and enjoyed the quiet. Walking back into the pack house everything seemed so unfamiliar. Nothing had changed, it just felt... off. I froze in the entryway, scaring the two males with me. Myles placed his hand on the small of my back and asked me what was wrong. Thing was, nothing was wrong it just felt... different. Weird. I shook the feeling away and they managed to get m
Serenity POV I had spent the evening telling Myles everything that happened. He was, understandably, shocked. He almost seemed frozen in time for a while, so I put on some crappy movie, leaned into his shoulder and fell asleep. He didn’t say anything more, but I am expecting questions. Maybe even him not believing me and calling me crazy. Actually... that is probably what everyone will think until Star can come out. She is a dead giveaway, even if my hair and this damn brand on my face aren't. I woke up to arms around my waist and warmth flooding my system. Myles had clearly fallen asleep too, and we had cuddled all night from the looks of the sun rising in the windows. My cheeks flush embarrassed I had slept all night in the arms of my Beta and decide its best to move before this gets any worse. I slowly shift toward the edge of the bed and plan to let his arms fall naturally to the bed, hoping that would cause the least disruption to him sleeping. I need a shower and some real cl
Serenity's POV Uncle Mylo had a point. something needed to be done, but I don't think it's me who needs to do it. He looks at me with a broken soul, only seeing his failure. It's killing me inside because I am his daughter... his heir. I want to see him look at me with pride, but that all went away when I broke our family. 'You didn't break your family, Ren. She did. Maybe we should ask mom what to do? she may have an answer.' Star tells me in my mind, and I have to agree that calling my mom could help. He was chosen to be my dad for a reason. maybe she can knock some sense into him? "Uncle Mylo, you're right. dad is spiralling and causing all of his unit to spiral with him. But... it can't be me who speaks to him." I tell him, and he furrows his brow in confusion."But Ren, you're the only one who can solve this. he is drowning in his own guilt, and it's all focused on you pup. I know it's a lot to ask, but we need to snap him out of this." He says with a hint of panic in his voic
Beta Mylos POV"I know you're trying to be supportive, but you're just pissing me off and getting underfoot... now would you just go. I need peace. " Sam, all but snarls at me, and I heave a loud exasperated sigh. He was hunched over his huge glass topped, metal desk, pouring over paperwork. The dark grey circles around his eyes, and the way his cheeks seem to be sinking in, has us all on edge. Me and the guys are gifted with intuitive connections with our Alpha. It's a large part of what makes an Alpha unit so successful and close. We can tell when he's in danger, pain, feeling fear or anxiety. Since the verdict, we could all feel his stress and anger. It poured off him in waves, and we had all started losing sleep. "Sam, you're officially affecting us all now. Me, and the guys are worried. We can't continue like this. None of us are sleeping because you're up all night drinking your pain away and then wallowing in regret. Do you think we don't feel that? that we don't sit in the ha
Serenity's POVI haven't seen my dad for three days, and I'm starting to panic. He is either locked in his suit or in his office. I know the sentencing must have been hard on him, but for him to shut everyone out for days is a little extreme. I have been trying to keep my distance, as I know it will only hurt him more to see me. me. the cause of all of this. the reason for his pain. I almost whimper with the slice of pain that whips across my chest. the guilt is eating me alive. "Nope," Myles says, pooping me on the nose with his finger. I snap out of my internal war and snap my eyes to his. bloody fool has a goofy ass grin on his face as I scowl at him. "Your father is dealing with things right now and I can promise you, not one of those things is regret or grief over that horrid bitches death. OK?" he asks as he rubs his nose against mine. Myles has utilised the absence of my father over the last few days to be affectionate with me whenever possible. We barely go an hour without
Alpha Sam's POVMe, and my unit, stand in a circle, watching as the flames roar in front of us. no one says a word. thus is not a funeral, and this bitch deserves none. we brought canisters filled with fuel and doused her in it before lighting the bitch on fire at the closest rogue pire. we have a few dotted around the pack. the smell serves as a nice warning to those who chose to try to attack us. We have lived in peace for so long that nowadays, it's a small burned patch on the earth, forever smelling of rotten, burned flesh. the crackle of the fire and the rustle of nearby woodland animals fleeing from the blaze are the only sounds. I know I'm supposed to feel something now. maybe even grief, however irrational it may be... but I don't. Now my anger has faded, although I am sure it will never fully go away. Now, all I have left is exhaustion and numbness. I push my hands into the pockets of my black slacks. I hate wearing formal clothing, but being Alpha calls for it far more than
Alpha Sam's POVI watched Ren slump against the young Beta in relief. I know she panicked, thinking I wouldn't go through with it. I know I have a long way to go before she trusts me again, but I refuse to let my pup down again. When the Beta pup mind linked to say she was nearing a panic attack, I looked over to see her swaying on her feet, pale and disorientated. I told him to do whatever necessary to snap her out of it as we didn't want the world seeing her vulnerable. now, as he holds her to him, a small smile on his face, but worry in his eyes, I have a feeling I may need to get used to seeing that pup with my baby girl. If the Goddess wills them as mates, which looks to be the case... we may need to have a discussion. Ren suddenly tenses as her eyes drift over to the forest line. Fucking Dom and Darrius. They are stood close together, smiling and chatting whilst leering at my pup. Shit. Maybe Sheryl gave too much away before I ended her miserable existence. "THIS CONCLUDES T
Serenity's POV From the second she stepped onto the stage, my heart rate increased. I knew I had nothing to fear any longer, but the instinct to retreat was still very much alive and well within me. I take a deep breath and lock my fingers together behind my back. 1... 2... 3... I count in my head, breathing heavily through the fear rising within me. warmth spreads across my back, and I feel his presence behind me. His large warm hand enveloped mine as I maintained my death grip on my hands. 'Breath... breath for me, Se. She can not hurt you. I'd never let her get near you. never again, my Alpha.' Myles says through the mind link. I take in large breaths, trying not to let my fear show. Miles runs his thumb over my hands, and I allow myself to sink into the tingles playing across my skin. I square my shoulders and try to refocus on everything happening. 'Thank you, Myles. I'm OK. I promise. I just want this over.' I tell him, and watch as my father steps forward, radiating anger.
Alpha Sams POV “Now. Bring out the convicted Sheryl, former Luna of the White Moon pack, and Rogue.” Alpha Henry bellows and Spear sits up in my mind with his teeth bared and a snarl falling from his muzzle. We want this over with. Not because he cares in any kind of way, other than to see this mutt punished for the pain she caused our pup. He doesn’t care about her like an ex-mate which is odd. Maybe it's because he heard it from the Goddess himself that he has a second chance out there. I am just not so sure I am ready for that. How do you ever recover? Trust someone so blindly a second time when you are so badly burned from the first? It would be a stranger. Someone I don’t know. Someone who has no idea how damaged I am when it comes to trust. How could I ever put that upon a woman. ‘She waited for us. She will not be like this one. You heard the Goddess. She is the one we should have always had. She waited for us. You will not hurt her Sam or so help me I will take over and
Sheryl’s POV I can't fucking believe this. That fucking moron rejected me. ME! Is he out of his damn mind?! I have been locked up here for days with no shower, no nothing! I AM HIS LUNA! I was fated to be with him. He should be fucking thankful I didn’t reject his ass first. I know how hot I was when we met. I still am. I may be older, but I just got better and better. I have been pacing this cell for two days, waiting for him to come back. I get that he is mad, but he doesn’t understand! I remember meeting him. I had been a member of Whitetip pack, living with my parents, trying to fuck my way into Alpha Darrius’s Luna position. I had him exactly where I wanted him. He would have marked me. He was a strong and powerful Alpha with muscle that rippled under my fingertips when he pounded into me. He made me feel like a woman. He had been fucking for a year, since I turned seventeen, when that damn asshole had to show up and ruin it for me. They came for some meeting or another, somet
Serenity POV I square my shoulders, stand straight, and follow my father's unit up the steps. I feel my unit fall into formation behind me and am proud to call them mine. It came so naturally. I never realised what I had been missing out on growing up by pushing these wolves away. Since I woke up in that hospital, with all my secrets laid bare, I had barely been able to catch a minute alone. I know they are worried about when the penny will drop, and I will crash. I know they all watch me, waiting for my breakdown. But they are doing that to be there to catch me when I fall, and nothing feels better than knowing I have them. I won't fall. I won't crash. I have never been better in my life, not that that is saying much. I know I have emotional things to recover from, but I am an Alpha. I have my unit, friends, and family I can rely on. I have my mother. My wolf. I am strong and I will not break because of this one, spoiled, petty, bitch. My father takes his place to the right of the