...Wynter POV...I have no idea how I even managed to do what I just did for Catherine. Once Catherine mentioned that she didn't want to be Darius' mate, something inside of me snapped. It was as though I was just watching the scenario, opposed to actually living it. I felt Caedance become stronger. She took over me when we confronted Catherine.Caedance had done something to Catherine that revealed her true heart. We could see that she was being honest when she told us about her father. We could see that she truly longed for her true mate. Which made Caedance empathize with her. Neither of us liked the idea of someone being without their mate. While Catherine had played a part in keeping Darius and I away from each other, she was still innocent. I could hear Caedance chanting in our mind when she placed her hand over Catherine's eyes. When I looked back into Catherine's after Caedance had lowered our hand, I saw a look I was all too familiar with. The look of desire for one's mate.
...Wynter POV..."Xander Stone, you have betrayed your pack and your people. You have committed treason with the attempt to kill my mate, and your Luna. From here on out, consider yourself banished from the Blood Moon pack."I was both surprised and impressed with the way Darius handled that. I didn't think he would've been able to banish his own father from the pack. Neither of us had discussed Xander's future in the pack. Rather we tried to avoid the topic altogether. I didn't know how to respond. While I know Darius was left with no choice to banish Xander, I also know that he's not going to respond to it well. No kid would want to banish their parents.I walked towards Darius, taking his hand, to let him know that I was there for him, while not moving my attention away from Xander. He was a loose cannon, and I wanted to be ready for whatever he does next.To my surprise, he doesn't fight us. Instead, he turns his attention directly at me. He stares at me with the most menacing smi
...Darius POV...I knew Wynter was really tired, so I figured by the time I finished showering that she would probably be out cold. I opened the bathroom door, expecting to see Wynter out cold. Only to see her munching on a half eaten pizza. "Where did you get that from?" I asked, surprised."I don't know. I thought you had ordered it." She says, putting down the piece of pizza mid-bite."Where did you get it?" I ask, suddenly alarmed."It was just over there, with all the others." She says, pointing towards the little kitchen nook in the far corner of the room. I turn to see where she's pointing, to notice that there are a stack of pizzas on the dining room table. All from various pizza places from around the city."What the..." I begin to ask, only to be interrupted by someone knocking on the door.I turn my attention to the sound, as I make my way over to the door. When I open the door, I find one of the omega's standing in front of me with yet another box of pizza. The omega bow
...Wynter POV...The next morning I woke up with a new sense of urgency. Almost as if we were on the same wavelength, Kenji burst into our room."Huh? What's going on?" Darius said, waking up with a start. When he saw everything was ok, he relaxed."Dude? What's the rush? Couldn't you have at least let us sleep in? And wait.. since when are you up before me?" Darius asked Kenji."That's not important. And no this can't wait." Kenji says."Fine. Just give us a chance to get dressed. We'll meet in my office in twenty minutes." Darius says.Kenji looks frustrated but ultimately agrees. He leaves the room, leaving Darius and I to get changed."What do you think that was about?" I ask Darius."I have a couple of ideas. I just didn't expect him to be up this early."I look at the clock and see that he's right. It's barely even five in the morning. "What are your ideas?" I ask."After we left the town yesterday, I had asked Kenji to follow up with Kayden to see how we could set up a meeting
The next few days flew by effortlessly. It actually felt as though we were gaining our own sense of normalcy. The first we did after we had finished our meeting with Kenji and Alpha Kayden, was to call a pack meeting. Darius wanted to address what had happened, and any questions or concerns they may have as well.Darius did a great job. He managed to keep his cool the entire time, regardless of the questions that were asked.Darius first thanked everyone for their support and for helping to make his transition to Alpha run so smoothly. He then addressed the elephant in the room. The reason for the Alpha Challenge. Up until now, all our pack members excluding Darius' top-ranking wolves were in the dark about everything that had happened. To the point that we knew that they were the most surprised that a challenge needed to take place.He didn't withhold any information, which I was really happy about. The best chance we had for everyone to gain our trust was to be completely transparen
...Darius POV...I was so impressed with Wynter. She continues to amaze me. While I wasn't sure if she meant to include me in the events she showed the others, I managed to see a lot more than I had realized. There was one event that stood out. It was back from when we were kids. My father had found her and directly threatened my life in hopes of getting her away from me. I had been unconscious at the time, as my father had thrown me into a tree. Another event that I couldn't even believe. Who was to even know that I would've just been rendered unconscious? A hit like that could've been fatal. Knowing the lack of empathy my father had for my own life, sickened me. I couldn't believe I was related to a monster like that.Ever since Wynter had shown my pack members those events, waves of apologies and promises of loyalty had begun to plague my mind as my pack members began to send my condolences. What Wynter had done was nothing short of a miracle. In that one moment, she had managed to
"GUYS!" Kenji yells, running into our room."GET OUT!" I curse at him, not liking that he interrupted my mate and I."I'm not looking. But you need to hear this.""You have two seconds.""We got word back from the Council.""What? Already?""Yes. That's what I thought. But it seems like they want to help." Kenji replies.Knowing that I couldn't let Wynter sleep anymore, I gently nudged her awake."We'll meet you in my office in an hour." I say, dismissing Kenji.Kenji wastes no time, leaving and closing the door behind him."Hmm?" I hear Wynter softly moan out.I hate having to wake her up right now, but I know she'll be upset if I don't let her know about this. So I gently wake her up."What's going on?" She asks, half awake."What makes you think something's wrong?""I can tell something up." She says. "It's nothing bad, I promise. We just heard back from the Council." "What?" Wynter says, suddenly wide awake. She kneels over top me as she searches my eyes."Yes. I told Kenji we'l
...Wynter POV...Darius didn't waste a second. We had barely entered the office by the time he had started questioning Kenji."What did the council have to say?" "Not much, but they have agreed to a meeting.""Ok. So are we talking like a skype call or facetime or Zoom meeting?" I ask."It doesn't quite work like that." Darius replies."What do you mean? What other choice do we have?" I ask."We have to go in person." Darius says."What? What the hell are you on about? Kyrgyzstan is literally on the other side of the world. It'll take at least twenty-four hours to get there. You're not serious, are you?" I ask, in disbelief."Unfortunately, yes. We don't have any other choice. The council is very old-fashioned. They don't rely on modern technology. So if we are going to see them, we have to go there."Suddenly that bad feeling began to creep up on my. "Wynter?" Darius asks, coming to my side."Why don't you dit down." I nod my head, letting him guide me."What's going on?" Kenji as