One week earlier. Alpha Hudson POVLuke knocked before he entered my office. “How’s things coming?” He asked. I sighed. “I have prepared all the necessary documents and my statement. It can probably be represented tomorrow to the Elders.” I replied. “Good.” Luke smiled. “I’m kinda nervous, this is the biggest law change in pack history. They have to consider at least some of it. This pack will perish without it.I nodded. “Thank you for all your help, Luke.” I said. “You have been doing an amazing job with the petitions and research. I could never have done this without you.”Luke shrugged. “I lost my family because of this idiocy. No one should ever have to go through that again.”“I’m really sorry that I banished Sally. I didn’t want to.” I said, looking down in my lap.“You have nothing to be sorry about.” Luke walked around the desk and patted my back. “At the end of the day, the Elders are running this pack as they please and are using you and your wolf as a puppet to enf
Hudson POVA week later, Luke and I were still in the cells. I was bored out of my mind, just sitting around waiting for something to happen. We hadn’t heard anything else from my father, but since they didn’t drag him down here to share a cell with us, I hoped that it meant that he had succeeded. When Luke and I had almost finished our 237th round of ‘Never have I ever’, we heard someone coming our way. We quickly stood up, hoping it was someone that brought us food. This time, it wasn’t. Four warriors came down, chains rattling in their hands. “Alpha.” They said and bowed. “Beta.” They continued and bowed to Luke as well. “What’s going on?” I asked. “The Elders have completed their investigation.” One of the warriors said. “We were ordered to come get you.“With chains?” Luke muttered. The warriors smiled apologetically.“I’m really sorry.” One of them said. “We have our orders.”I shrugged, internally cringing at the humiliation to be led out in chains. “It’s okay, guys
Sally POVI paced the front of the packhouse, nervously waiting for any kind of news.“Girl, you are going to make a hole in the ground if you keep doing that.” Avery said, staring at her nails with a boring look on her face. Before I could reply, Luna Roberta came out of the front door. “The kid’s asleep now.” She sighed in relief. Trying to distract myself, I asked. “Luna, if I may ask, how old is your son?”Luna Roberta smiled. “He will turn eight soon.” She said. “Nice.” I said, determined to continue this conversation. “Is he gonna follow in his father’s footsteps and be an Alpha?”Luna Roberta nodded.“It hasn’t always been obvious that Jordan would lead his own pack.” She said. “When we met, he was washing dishes in the restaurant where I worked as a waitress.”“Were you a Rogue back then too?” I asked. “No, I was human.” Luna Roberta shook her head.My eyes widened. “Are you a turned werewolf?” I asked in disbelief. I had never met anyone that had turned before. It was
Elijah POVJoe lunged at me with his fist raised. I blocked him and retaliated with a swift roundhouse kick that he barely managed to dodge. We kept going, barely missing each other for several minutes. Joe was a skilled fighter. He was one of the few that had been able to get the upper hand when sparring with me. It had been two days since Alpha Hudson arrived and the evacuation drills had started this morning. The Red Ridge members had quickly adapted and participated in the drills like the Blue Eclipse members. I admired the pack’s ability to just absorb over 150 people like it was nothing. It just shows how effective things could be if everyone just worked together. Luke was currently sleeping on the couch in the Beta wing since Sally and I occupied the guest room. Alpha Hudson had moved in with Avery in her quarters, something that Alpha Jordan grumbled about at first. Avery straight up flipped him off and told him that it was her mate and her decision. He couldn’t exactly a
Elijah POVI quickly shifted back and ran over to Joe. Carefully, I turned his wolf so that I could check for a pulse. My trembling fingers tried to locate his pulse, but couldn’t find it. “Joe!” I called out. “Joe!”I heard the snapping of bones and looked up to see my father standing over me. “Why would you kill him?!” I snapped. Before he could answer, I lunged at him. I didn’t care anymore. This man stopped being my father a long time ago. This stranger standing before me was nothing but a cruel man that had pestered my life for too long. If I was in a fight in human form I had a better chance. I managed to punch my father square in the face. We both tumbled to the ground together and my father elbowed me in my chest to get me off of him. Still lying on the forest floor, we struggled for a while. The rage I felt for this man was unreal. I couldn’t stop the red haze that clouded my vision. I wanted to kill him. A sharp pain in my neck interrupted my focus and my father s
Alex POV“SOMEBODY HELP!”I heard George’s voice when he rushed through the hospital.When I turned around I saw George carrying a lifeless Elijah. Immediately I turned into emergency mode and found a gurney. George placed Elijah down and I started working on him, barking out orders to the two nurses closest to me.One of them hooked him up to a monitor. “Blood pressure dropping, pulse spiking.” He said. I immediately located the gunshot wound in his head. “Bring him to surgery, right now!” I ordered. We rushed him down the corridor to a theater and started to prepare for emergency surgery. I frowned when I looked at the wound. “Why isn’t he healing anything on his own?” I mumbled. As a human doctor in a werewolf hospital, I had received some extra training to know that even when badly injured, the wound would start to close up in the edges as a first sign of a werewolf’s rapid healing. Elijah didn’t have those. “Run his blood and check for wolfsbane.”A nurse drew some blood
Sally POVA quick inspection of the room revealed a huge bathroom behind a door beside the bed. On the other side of the room was a door that led to a walk-in closet. Half the closet was filled with men’s clothes with Alpha Richard’s scent all over them. I assumed that I was currently occupying his bedroom. It made me cringe when I realized that I had just slept in his bed. The other side of the closet was filled with newly purchased women’s clothes in my size. The drawers revealed the skimpiest underwear I had ever seen. “He’s delusional if he thinks I’m gonna wear that.” I muttered and threw it back in the drawer. “It barely covers anything.”I tried to come up with some plan to escape. The door was locked and even though my wolf was weakened from the Wolfsbane and my senses were dulled, I could still hear a guard on the other side of the door. That left the windows. The bedroom was located on the third floor, so I couldn’t just jump. I strained my neck to see better and saw a p
Trigger warning: This chapter contains very graphic scenes!Sally POVNick let me go when Alpha Richard grabbed hold of my hair and pulled me away. I tried to pry his fingers off my hair, but he was too strong. My heart pounded with fear and I gasped for breath to keep myself from passing out. Alpha Richard opened a large, heavy door and I recognized the smell. He was taking me to the dungeon. I was pulled down the stairs and into a cell. The same cell I had when I was here last time. Alpha Richard let go of my hair and I scurried away from him. “Take off your clothes.” He ordered. I shook my head. “Stay away from me.” I snarled. His smirk sent shivers down my spine. “I guess I’ll have to do it for you.”He lunged at me, but I dodged him and tried to run for the door. I felt a hand grab my jacket and pull me back harshly. I crashed against his chest and he wrapped his arms around me to prevent me from escaping. Every primal instinct I had in my body reacted and I struggled
Five years later.Sally POVThe kids squealed and played by the lake shore, splashing water at each other and laughing. Elijah and Alex were jumping around with them and I chuckled over their antics. George was sitting down on the boulder beside me. “There’s this thing I’ve been thinking about lately.” He said hesitantly. I looked at him. “What?”George shrugged. “I was just wondering, those months you spent as a Rogue on your own, Why did you come this way? Is it a coincidence that you just happened to stumble into the territory of your neighbouring pack?” He asked. I leaned my head on his shoulder. “No it’s not a coincidence.” I admitted. “I stayed outside the border, but I just hoped that I could catch a glimpse of you. Just to know that you made it out of Red Ridge and that you were okay. There was no way I could even try to settle down somewhere before I was sure that you were okay.”George hugged me.“Thank you, Lala.” He whispered. “For everything.”I smiled and we sile
Sally POVWe got to work right away. Alpha Hudson asked if we could help him get an overview of the situation at Midnight pack.The vast majority of the warriors submitted to Alpha Hudson immediately, which was a huge relief. The ones that refused, Alpha Hudson cast out as Rogues hoping they could find another pack to live in. After a few hours, a large van pulled up in front of the packhouse and Avery jumped out of the car along with Luna Roberta, Alex and a group of other civilian people from the Blue Eclipse pack, ready to help. I saw Alpha Hudson embrace Avery and kiss her passionately. When they pulled away, I saw Avery blushing and I said teasingly. “So, I guess you’re a Luna now.”Avery squealed and rushed to hug me.“We were so worried.” She whispered. The others walked up to us and Alex hugged me too. “I’m sorry.” He said. “I’m so, so sorry. If I hadn’t stayed in the field that day, they would never have had the opportunity to take you.”I shook my head at him. “Don’t s
Sally POVAlpha Richard doubled over in pain while I saw Pasha fall to her knees. Luke caught her and caressed her hair, whispering words in her ear to help ease the pain. I turned back to Alpha Richard and he was slowly recovering from the pain. He looked back at Pasha with hate-filled eyes. “I guess that now I don’t have to be merciful to you.” He growled. “You’ll die along with any other traitor in this pack, you worthless Omega whore!” He shifted back into his wolf and pounced on Pasha and Luke who were still sitting on the steps in front of the packhouse. I saw movement beside me and saw Hudson shift and jump to cut Alpha Richard off mid-air. They tumbled around before gathering their bearings. Alpha Richard snarled at Hudson and Hudson retaliated with a roar. That was a challenge. Hudson was challenging Alpha Richard for the title. Under normal circumstances, a challenge would be started in human form while going over some ground rules. One of the rules was that you wer
Elijah POVI couldn’t believe what I was hearing. There was no way that I would believe what my father had just said if it wasn’t for the fact that I was standing right next to him. I trusted the plans that he gave us to invade the Midnight pack, but I thought that he did it for Sally. It was his natural instinct to protect the Luna, so I just thought that was his reason for helping us. The rest of the things he said when he handed the plans over, I just considered bullsh*t.Alpha Richard looked bewildered. “Are you crazy?” He asked.I glanced at my father.If he was afraid, you definitely couldn’t tell from his posture. Instead, he looked really determined. “No.” He said. “Actually, it’s the first time in years that I’m thinking clearly.”Alpha Richard seemed unsure what to do for a few seconds, but then he sighed and his usual smirk made its way across his facial features. “Very well.” He said. “I won’t stand for traitors in my pack anyway, so I’ll just kill you first.”My fathe
Sally POVPasha and I stiffened and scrambled to the furthest corner of our cells when we heard the door to the dungeon open. I didn’t really know what to expect. In a way, I hoped that it was just Nick. He was the only one that was nice to me here.We heard some shuffling and footsteps coming down the stairs. I frowned. Either the person had four feet or there were two people coming our way. I looked up and couldn’t believe what I saw. It was Hudson and Luke that stormed into the dungeon. “Hudson?” I asked. Hudson’s head snapped in my direction and his eyes widened. “Sally.” He hissed. “Don’t worry. We’re here to get you out.”Luke tossed the keys to him and he started to unlock the cell door. When the door opened, Luke rushed into the cell and crouched down beside me. “Are you hurt, Lala?” He asked worriedly. I blinked rapidly to stop the tears from falling from my eyes. Luke hugged me tightly and I groaned in pain. “Oh, sorry.” He mumbled. “Do you think that you can stan
Sally POVThe sound of footsteps made me peek out through the bars of the cell door. I saw Nick coming down the stairs and I heaved a sigh of relief. He gestured at me to step away from the door and opened it. “How did it go?” I whispered. “I guess that either it went well and you just came back, or you chickened out and didn’t go at all.”Nick scoffed. “What do you take me for? Of course I went! Elijah has a plan and they’re setting it in motion as we speak.”I could barely contain my excitement. “Really?” I almost squealed. “Yeah, I gave them the intel they needed to get onto pack lands.” He whispered. “Get ready to leave, because they’re on their way!”“Thank you.” I whispered. He held up a syringe and smiled at me apologetically. “Don’t thank me yet.” He said. “Alpha still gave me orders to give you this.”I groaned.“Can’t we just skip it?” I asked. Nick shook his head. “He’ll feel if your wolf is awake, and we’ll have no explanation for that.” He replied. “Hopefully you
Sally POVThe sound of someone crying woke me up and I looked around in confusion. At first, I thought I imagined it. But then I heard it again. Despite my sore body, I slowly pulled the blanket off me and limped over to where my clothes were scattered on the floor. I winced in pain as I put them on. It was freezing in the dungeon since the windows were open and the cold air blew inside constantly. Once I had my clothes on, I sauntered over to the door and looked out through the bars. The hallway outside was empty, but I found the source of the crying. It came from the cell opposite mine.It was a girl around my age. She was sitting huddled into a corner with her knees to her chest. I noticed that she was naked and even though her cell didn’t have a window, I figured that she must be cold. I walked back to the bed and grabbed the blanket before I went back to the door. “Psst.” I whispered. The girl looked up with tearful eyes. “Hey.” I said and held out the blanket. “Are you c
Nick POV I muttered curses under my breath as I ran through the forest in my wolf form. It had taken some work, but I managed to sneak out of the territory and took off towards the border to the Blue Eclipse pack. This was a terrible idea. How could I let myself be talked into risking my life and betraying my pack by this teenage girl that came out of nowhere? But in a way, it made sense. She was Elijah’s mate. My son.I guess ‘you never know what you’ve had until you lost it’ has never been more true. The second Elijah’s body dropped to the ground, I had to struggle to keep my composure. It was exactly what I had tried to avoid for years and it still happened right in front of me. There was no excuse for what I did to Elijah. But the Goddess knows that I love my son. I should have told him the truth a long time ago. I should have trusted him instead of taking out all the pack’s high expectations on him. It wasn’t fair. Now, I feared that it was too late. There was no reason for
Sally POVI felt someone lift me up and put me down on something soft. I wanted to fight back, but all I could manage was a soft groan. “Shh, I’ve got you.” A low voice said. I realized that it was Nick and I relaxed slightly. Whatever he wanted, he was not here to hurt me. I pried my eyes open and saw Nick rinse excess water from a cloth. Then he carefully patted the cloth on the welts and bruises. “What are you doing?” I asked with a hoarse voice. “You still have Wolfsbane in your system.” He said. “You can’t heal quickly, so I’m cleaning your wounds so that they don’t get infected.”He carefully washed my arm, then took my hand. “I need to fix your shoulder.” He said. “It’s going to hurt, but just lay still.”I nodded. With a swift move, he put the bone back in the socket and I groaned loudly from the pain. He gently placed my arm back down and I bit my lip trying not to cry.Nick looked at me with sad eyes. “It’s okay.” He whispered. “It’s okay to break down if that’s wh