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 I wrapped myself in my white fluffy towel, enjoying the soft feel of it against my skin. I took a second to look in the mirror at my long, pure white and silver hair, white eyelashes and eyebrows... this damn brand on my head. I turn to inspect my back out of habit and am stunned for a second. ‘What's up?’ Star asks in my mind. ‘My back... the scars... they're... gone...’ I say completely dumfounded. ‘Well, yeah... mother did heal you. You didn’t think she would leave you covered in the scars from that bitch, do you?’ she asks with an eye roll. ‘I guess it's just a shock. I can't ever remember seeing my skin so clear. It's weird. Just doesn’t feel like me I guess.’ I tell her with a sigh. I am not sad to see them go, but I already feel weird in my own skin. My curves are out of control, my boobs are so much bigger, my damn hair has changed colour and I have a permanent brand on my head. I feel like I have woken up a different person trying to live the same life.
Alpha Sam’s POV After getting Ren settled in her room for a movie night with that damn pup, I went back to my suite. I haven't slept properly in days, and I needed some serious down time to sort this mess. I made my way slowly across the Alpha floor to my rooms. I always hated how far away Ren’s suite was from mine, but I guess that’s just another thing that woman designed. Right now, the walk to my room felt like it took forever. I swear I had to do a 10K just to get back to my room. Exhaustion was sweeping over me now my pup was home safe. Goddess healed or not, I was still very worried about her. I wish I could have her back home, but I wrecked my suite, and I didn’t want her to see the chaos that I had left behind. Opening the suite door, I am shocked for a second before a smile widely. I hear humming from the kitchen and pad my way through the newly cleaned suite. All the furniture, glass and discarded broken items which symbolised my mate ship with that bitch were all gone. Alt
Alpha Sam’s POV I slept like shit. All night it irritated me and Spear what Flora had said. How could I not know her name? She has always been Flora! It drove me crazy all night and had me tossing and turning in the bed. It wasn’t helping me much that her scent was everywhere. She had always had this woodsy scent which I really liked. It reminded me of pine with a spicey undertone. Normally, I would find it comforting, but her last comment made me feel restless. Spear had been pacing in my mind trying to figure out what she had meant. I get dressed and head down to the office early. My irritation is palpable to everyone in the pack house by this point. I check over my emails, and the details of the councils schedule that Mylo had drawn out for me. Luckily, today they would conclude if I could reject her as a part of the punishment rather than me rejecting her for my own pleasure. It would be pleasurable to do that, but I needed it to be approved so she was stripped of her title a
Alpha Sam’s POV After a quick run, my anger and irritation had not dissipated. I needed to get back to get this damn day started. I needed to put all of this aside and deal with the fucking damage that bitch had done to my pack. Why didn’t Flora talk to me about what she was doing! Not to mention that damn pup hanging around my daughter like a bad smell. At first, I was grateful for him being there for her, she needed someone her own age to vent to. Now I was reconsidering. I don’t like the thought of him being in her room overnight when he so clearly has feelings for her. She is too fragile right now. Plus, they both have mates out there. I stomp back to my clothes and put my suit back on. It had been laid across the forest floor for an hour, so I had looked better, but I just don’t care right now about a few wrinkles in my shirt. I open up a mind link hoping at least one of these ranked pups are going to be of use and I won't have to worry about them being inappropriate with my ba
Serenity POV Shit. I didn’t mean to say that. Ever since I woke up, I feel like I can't keep my damn mouth shut. I am snapping at everyone and feel like my emotions are running at 100. When Tony barrelled down the stairs with all her energy, I just let her engulf me in a hug. All I wanted to do was comfort my father, but I had caused him pain. All I ever do is cause the people around me pain. Tony sways me around a little, but I can't hear a word she is saying, as I watch my father go to the Luna office. When am I ever going to stop hurting people? Tony pulls away from me with her bright brown eyes, and long brown hair flowing around her face. She is all smiles, and I am trying to hold back tears. “So, it's probably going to be nuts today but when things calm down, we should definitely have a girl's day. Just you and me. We can escape the testosterone twins and have some fun for once. Yeah?” she says brightly, and I try to manage a weak smile to her. “Erm, yeah. Of course, T
Serenity’s POV Following some disapproving looks from my father for my lack of appetite and a nice casual chat around the breakfast table with my aunties and uncles, my father stood up. “White Moon Pack. Thank for you your patience this week.” he said to those in the room aloud and opened the pack link to share his speech with all of our members. My father would never hide thing from them, and I assume this was just another show of his effort for honesty and transparency. “Some of you are aware that my pup was hospitalised this week. She is now home and doing very well.” he says and smiles down at me. I hear a flood of well wishes into the pack link, so I stand up, next to my father. This is my role. This is what I was born for. This is why I chose to return. To be the Alpha they deserve, so I won't fail them now as they are facing uncertainty and worry. “Thank you, White Moon, and I promise to speak to you and see you all soon. You have no idea how much your well wishes and p
Myles POV Well, this is uncomfortable. I want to shift in my seat or something to alleviate the stress I am feeling but I can't. I have to be professional. I have to be the Beta she needs me to be right now. I have to make my dad proud. I glance over at him briefly as the Alpha lays out what he wants from the council and can see he is feeling pretty similar to how I am. We aren't used to this. This isn't how our pack works usually. The Alpha and his Luna sit at this table and make the decisions and hold the discussion, so there is no remit for what we can or cannot do here. Can I speak if I feel I should? Do I just sit here to support her? I mean, I don’t care if I have to sit silently, I just want to know what my place is here. Ren sits back in her chair and slides her hands to her lap, and I feel I can release a breath I have been holding unconsciously. I suddenly feel her place a hand on my leg, just above my knee and I snap my eyes to her. She doesn’t look at me, just opens a m
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