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Douglas came back to the house and walked into my office. I asked, “Okay, so tell me where the tunnel comes out.” He shook his head, “It ends at the hidden cellar that you were in during the rogue attack that killed your parents.” I gasped and sat back in my chair, “What. The. Actual. Hell. I’m shocked. I have to say, though, it almost doesn’t surprise me. There are so many surprises in this house and pack. Not the people, but the pack house is full of surprises. It’s crazy. It does lead to a house that the Alpha and Luna could have holed up in with some other pack members until the danger was over.” Joshua added, “It would be an easy way to cross the border without being caught too. All they had to do was climb the ladder and run out the back door. Bang! You’re in neutral land. Walk ten feet straight ahead and you’ll be in the neighbor’s territory.” I nodded, “Yep. Actually, you are in neutral territory at the ladder. Red Moon Pack territory starts at the front porch.” I sat in my of
We have been back in Cold Springs pack for a week and I was forced to relax the entire week. Not only by my mate, but also by Alpha Matthew, Luna Jessie and, when I argued with all of them, they tattled to Doctor Simmons and I got a whole new lecture from him. I was pouting for the last couple days, so Joshua finally caved and let me go to the office today. I was so happy to get back to my office and sit at my desk and actually start getting some work done. Luna Jessie asked, “So how are you feeling?” I replied, “Better than I have been, that’s for sure. I’m excited to get back to work. I am no good at relaxing. I’m not used to it.” She laughed, “Get used to it, because you are going to have to do a lot of it and you will be thankful for it after those babies are born. Thanks to you, Matthew has been making me take afternoons off and go home. He wants me to do it for the rest of my pregnancy. So, what I mean to say is, thank you for that.” I laughed as I raised an eyebrow, “So you hav
The next morning, after cooking and eating breakfast, Joshua and I went to our offices. I started looking through reports from my pack and noticed the rogue attacks are increasing. I looked up the interrogation reports after each attack. They haven’t gotten to who is paying them yet, but I already have an idea. I just need to find out how to reach him. My first call was to Alpha Lucien. He answered on the first ring, “Hello, Alpha Izzy. How’s the new pack?” I laughed, “Hello Alpha Lucien. It’s going great. Almost all of my grandfather’s pack members are back plus their families. We are now almost up to seven hundred members!” Alpha Lucien laughed in surprise, “Do you have enough housing for all of them?” I nodded, “Josh and I bought the huge apartment building in town as soon as we got to the pack as a revenue source, but now it is holding some overflow until the new houses are built. We ended up finding a lot of surprises too. You’ll have to come up for dinner sometime soon. I will h
As Honi sat in my office, I called Andrew. He answered on the first ring, “Alpha Izzy. How are you doing?” I smiled, “I’m fine, Co-Alpha Andrew. Do you have Jacob with you?” He answered, “Give me a second and I can get him here.” It was quiet for less than a minute then I heard Jacob made it to the call, “Beta Jacob at your service, Alpha.” I chuckled, “Hey guys, I need you two to come up tomorrow for a chicken parmesan lunch meeting. It’s pretty important. I’m hosting Raymond to see if we can reach some kind of agreement to stop these stupid rogue attacks. He’s still insisting on being called Alpha.” Andrew laughed, “Alpha of what?” I laughed, “I asked the same thing. We can get that answer tomorrow. Douglas can run things while you are gone. I fully expect a rogue attack while you are up here, so be sure to prepare Douglas for that.” Andrew agreed, “I will make sure to talk to him.” I smiled, “Thank you. If you guys could be here at eleven, we can talk about options. I want us all t
The next morning, I woke up to an empty bed. I looked at the clock on my night table and found that it was eight o’clock in the morning. It was later than I normally got up, so I felt like I needed to hit the ground running. I smelled sausage cooking and my stomach started rumbling. I got out of bed, took my shower, and put on a deep purple sundress with black sandals. I walked into the kitchen and found Josh making breakfast while Jessie started the dinner rolls. I poured a cup of coffee and sat at the island, “Thank you for making breakfast, love.” He smiled, “It’s the least I can do for you. I want you to be able to relax today. It’s going to be bad enough as it is.” I gushed, “Aw, you’re so sweet. Thank you.” Jessie finished setting up the bread machine for dinner rolls and turned it on. She turned to me, “Don’t you dare do anything with those. I am here. I will be taking care of them. Honi is on her way up to start pounding the chicken breasts. We will be hanging out together for
I asked, “What do you mean by that?” He replied, “They want to schedule a visit and appoint an elder to live at the pack to keep an eye on things.” I nodded, “That’s fine. Everything should be according to werewolf law, right?” He nodded, “Everything is actually better than when Ben had it and definitely better than when Raymond had it. We are still growing too. The school has already been cleaned, repaired where needed, and is now being stocked. We are planning on opening it to the kids in September. We are assigning quite a few of our kitchen staff to the school cafeteria too.” I smiled, “I was going to suggest that. I would strongly suggest trying to take volunteers first.” He agreed, “We will do that.” I asked, “Should I be there when the elders come to the pack?” Andrew shrugged, “Part of me wants to say no, but another part of me wants to tell you it’s a good idea.” I asked Joshua and Matthew, “What do you guys think?” Matthew sighed, “As badly as I want to tell you that you sho
It had been a week since the meeting with Raymond and things were going much better. Construction had started on his pack house and he was fine with some of our warriors being there to protect my builders. He actually welcomed it because he told me that he turned away some rogues who wanted to join his pack. They were honest with him and told him why they were rogues and he chose not to let them in. They had been violent with children in their previous packs, and he did not want that in his pack. He was afraid they were going to attack. And they did try. My warriors took them out before they had a chance to do any kind of damage. Raymond had decided that he wanted to welcome individuals and families who were rogue through no fault of their own. I did like that idea and told him as much. Word started spreading about what he wanted and rogues started applying. He was just living in a tent until the pack house was built. He noticed that the blueprint we provided would fit double the numb
We had been at the pack house for less than twenty minutes when an SUV parked in front. Josh and I stepped onto the porch with Andrew and Jacob to greet a smiling Alpha Raymond. I smiled, “Hello, Alpha Raymond. How are things at your pack now?” He laughed, “Things could not possibly get better. The size of my pack is growing and your builders are beasts! They had my pack house and my bunkhouse done in no time and the quality of their work was excellent. They were also nice and professional. How did you find those guys?” I laughed, “They were either born into this pack or they were mated to someone who was born into this pack. I still have pack members coming back occasionally.” He nodded in approval, “Well, the pack sure looks different from when I had it. Did you build a whole new neighborhood that way?” I nodded, “We did, and a general store. We also have the school up and running and the hospital is staffed with plenty of doctors and nurses. We also have a new neighborhood running t