Daxton’s p.o.v.We are all waiting for Alpha Leon to start the Ceremony, when Cyran becomes restless and I look around to see every Squad member on high alert.Most of them keep an eye on the guests, a handful keep their eye on the stage and others are looking at something behind me. I turn around to see their Squad Captain walking towards me, I can’t see her face because of the hood.The only reason I can tell she is a female is her curves, until I am able to look into her eyes and what eyes they are. Bright green, that becomes even brighter when her Wolf or Lycan pushes forward and that is when I almost from my chair.“She is our connection.” Cyran calls out and I reach for Darius to get him to look behind us.Preston is laughing his ass off in our mind-link, when we hear the Elders' order of cancellation and Darius and I both jump up when we hear someone growling at her.Cyran is chanting her name in my head, we both like her name and I can’t take my eyes off her as she walks into t
Shadow Valley PackBeta Walker is pacing around the Alpha office, he still can’t believe that Dallas came back and just ignored him. Hell, she even called him Beta Walker.He had seen her walk towards the stage, but with the hood shrouding her face in shadows, he hadn’t recognized her as his own Daughter. He had never seen anyone walk towards an Alpha with that much confidence.His whole life he had hoped for a better position in life, but his true Mate-bond hadn’t given it to him and even the woman he fell in love with had failed him. Beta Walker had wanted more than he was born for and after the Alpha and Luna Ceremony he would have gotten everything he ever wanted.“How did she manage to cancel our Ceremony?” Lucy whined, but it didn’t do her any good.“You know that there is only one reason why I allowed you to become the next Luna and if it hadn’t been for that reason, I would have kicked you out of the territory, Lucy.” Alpha Leon answered her.He still couldn’t believe that Nic
Dallas’ p.o.v.I try to understand why their Mother would only push one of her Sons into choosing a Mate, but Charna keeps coming back to their age.Yeah, they are quite a bit older than I am. They are forty eight to my nineteen years of age, but it doesn’t matter to me and I doubt they have a problem with it.We age a lot slower than Humans did, we also live a lot longer than Humans did and an age gap between Mates is rather normal for Shifters. Especially with the way we find our true Mate-bond these days, finding one’s connection is more difficult.It can take up to a week before a connection turns into a Mate-bond. If the bond forms from a connection then we call it a true Mate-bond and if there isn’t a connection, then we call it a Mate-bond.I will explain as much of our Mate-bonds, laws and everything else you might need to understand as we get to them, because if I were to start right now, you would get bored.Daxton and Darius are my second connection and you already know who
Darius’ p.o.v.I am grateful that Preston agreed with me and we are taking the underground garage to get access to the Pack-house. I see one of the Squad’s SUVs following us and the next thing I know Dallas has jumped out of the still moving SUV.Daxton jumps after her and a second later I follow them both, but I am stunned into silence when I hear her roar at Jesper. Camus whimpers in my head, I don’t recall if Preston ever managed to do that to him and here our Little One makes my Lycan whimper like a Pup.Okay, that roar held a lot of power and even Daxton is staring at Dallas.“Make sure that everyone knows that we have a Squad in the territory, there is just one small problem.” Preston says. “How do we explain their presence without revealing that the two of you found your connection?”Oh, Damn. He is absolutely right, if Mother hears about this all hell will break loose. She will try to scare off Dallas and she will use whatever she can to accomplish that.Jesper is staring at on
Madeline is pacing in the living room of her cottage, waiting for Daniella to show up. After returning this morning to the territory, she had seen unfamiliar people walking around and the first person she ran into was more than willing to tell her who they were.A Squad has moved into the territory, because the third in command found his connection with Belinda and now there are a lot of women in the territory that could find a connection with her Sons.She needed to find a way to scare the women away from Daxton, but she needed Daniella to pull this plan off and hopefully it would discourage Daxton to the point of accepting a chosen Mate.“What is wrong, Madeline?” Daniella asks, even though she has heard the rumors about a Squad moving into the territory.“We need to make sure that every woman in that Squad knows about Daxton and Sage, we can’t risk Daxton finding his connection.” Madeline says as she turns to face Daniella.Both of them sit down on the couch that is facing the windo
Dallas’ p.o.v.After a good night’s sleep I had taken a shower and got dressed in my uniform, it is what I always wear unless I am off duty.Technically I am off duty at the moment, Elder Jensen has given my entire unit time off until the trial and it means that we can get to know the territory and it’s inhabitants a bit better.Darius and Daxton had been waiting outside my door and we went up to the Alpha floor for breakfast, something to do with avoiding their Mother.Belinda had joined us for breakfast and I got a lot more information about Marco and his condition, needless to say that I contacted Elder Jensen to get a specialist down here.“Dallas, you said that you would explain this trial to us. How about we move to the living room and you tell us everything we are allowed to know?” Alpha Preston asks.It doesn’t take long for us to move from the dining room to the living room and after I practically ordered Jesper to join Belinda, I sit down on the couch between Darius and Daxt
Daxton’s p.o.v.Darius was waiting for me outside my room, he told me that Dallas had already gone downstairs to meet up with some of her Squad members.I do not really look surprised when Joshua walks onto our floor, but the look on his face tells me that something happened and I can’t wait to find out what it is“Dallas doesn’t believe a word of what we heard, but you need to know that it looks like your Mother is accusing you of trying to rape and forcefully mark an eighteen year old.” Joshua saysSomething about this isn’t adding up, because I know that Darius and I never told our Mother what had happened with Sage and with how fast Sage disappeared I doubt she would have told anyone about what happened according to her.I don’t believe anyone else would have told our Mother about what Sage accused me of, but then the question remains how did she find out?There are only a handful of people aware of what possibly could have happened that night. I informed Darius, Rayden and Presto
Dallas’ p.o.v.After everyone has left Preston’s office, Joshua and Jesper sit down next to me on the couch and I press play on the footage on the screen.The three of us are staring at the screen, a young female is sitting in a chair near the desk and her head is hanging low. We listen to her story as she tells it to the former Alpha and former Gamma, replaying it again to look at her body language and again to look and listen for anything we might have missed the other two times.After going through the footage two more times, I send Joshua out to the living room to get Alpha Preston.“Alpha, can you tell me why Daxton stayed home?” I ask him, after he has sat down in an armchair.“It was his turn to stay behind. Darius, Daxton and Rayden took turns staying behind when I had to visit other Packs, I wasn’t the Alpha yet and we wanted to stay in the loop on what happened here during our absence.” Preston answers me.It made sense to me that Preston wanted to know how the Pack was doin
King Vaughn’s p.o.v.Two things have been on my mind ever since the trial, one is that damn picture from the broken necklace. It looks so familiar, but I can’t tell you what it is. The other thing is Captain Dallas; there is also something familiar about her.Quinlan has been following me around ever since he turned eighteen. He will take over the Throne from me someday. I even discussed my thoughts with him, but he couldn’t help me to find some answers.Like the rest of my sons, he was impressed with Dallas’ work. She came well-prepared, but after reviewing the case again, we realized that the pictures and footage of the doll and necklace weren’t attached. Everything else was there and for a moment, we thought she accidentally forgot to attach it to the file.My oldest Son, Weston, pointed out that it was never in the file and had been shown from a separate location. According to him, this mean
Darius’ p.o.v.We had a restless night; at first, we all struggled to fall asleep due to the extensive information we received from Elder Jensen. After we finally did fall asleep, Dallas woke up to reveal that Charna had felt a pull toward the Royal family during the trial.Charna hadn’t mentioned it, because she didn’t understand why or where it came from. Now that she had more information it confirmed what we all suspected: Princess Dezra is Dallas’ Mother.“If she is your Mother, how are you going to reveal it to King Vaughn?” Daxton asks while we go through our morning routine.Dallas doesn’t say anything, but she doesn’t have to; it is clear to see that she is thinking of an answer. I’m unsure if I could come up with a way to explain this to King Vaughn; it doesn’t really concern me.“I am going to ask Elder Jensen to set up a meeting with the Elde
Dallas’ p.o.v.“Wake up, Little One.” I hear Darius say next to my ear. I slowly sit up, stretching myself as I settle between my Mates.I see the Pack-house appear before me as we round the bend in the road, Jesper and Belinda waiting for us on the front porch. Jesper has the biggest smile on his face and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out why.I congratulate both of them on the pregnancy before informing them that we will proceed directly to the Alpha floor for a meeting and that I would like both of them to be present.“Let me warn the Omegas to have dinner delivered to the Alpha floor. It will make it easier to talk and we don’t have to worry about cooking ourselves.” Pearl says before making a beeline for the kitchen.Elder Jensen follows us up the stairs while talking to Jesper; it sounds like Jesper’s Father is up to his usual tricks. Still hoping to force Jes
Dallas’ p.o.v.I have no intention of telling them why I want to know all of this; I still have a few questions that I know Walker can’t answer.“Who informed you about my Mother’s death, Beta Walker?” I ask, knowing that whatever answer he gives will be a lie.“I believe that it was her Brother. I wasn’t really listening. All I could think about was how to explain to you that your Mom was gone.” He answers, but it all sounds too rehearsed to me.He has given me all the information I need; now, all I have to do is make sense of it.“Let’s go home. I am done here.” I say as I get up, quickly followed by both my Mates. Even Elder Jensen follows us out of the office, ignoring the questions from Alpha Leon.“I have questions and I have answers. I will follow you to Silver Eclipse Pack.” Elder Jensen says through the mind-link.
Daxton’s p.o.v.I had a good night's sleep, but Cyran has hardly slept at all. He hates that someone tried to hurt our Mate and I think he wants to find those answers more than any of us.“We only know about that necklace because of our ancestors. Dallas is right, we need to thank Walker for being an Ass.” Cyran growls in my head.We have breakfast in the main dining room; we would like to leave as soon as everyone has finished their breakfast. Rayden and Ruth will stay behind to hold down the fort and Marco has a smile on his face when Dallas tells him to protect his Sister.“Don’t worry, Uncle Preston. Your Pack will still be here when you get back.” Carl says teasingly, quickly moving behind Joshua for protection.It is silent in the SUV as we head out to Shadow Valley Pack, each of us lost in thought about the necklace that Dallas was supposed to receive on her sixteent
Dallas’ p.o.v.I am lying in bed between my Mates, staring up at the ceiling.Daxton and Darius did an excellent job of keeping me distracted, but the moment they fell asleep, my mind started racing again.Charna has been quiet since we heard that our Mother wasn’t dead. She must realize that we have information in our mind that can answer a few questions. All we need to do is find the pieces and put the puzzle back together.I shoot straight up at the memory that Charna is showing me and I am already halfway to the door when I realize that I don’t want to do this on my own.“Daxton.” I call out as I shake his shoulder to wake him up. Darius is the first to open his eyes and without asking questions, he gets out of bed after knocking Daxton on the head.“What?” Daxton asks as he sits up in bed and when he sees me standing next to him, he smiles. “You figured somet
Dallas’ p.o.v.“I have no memories of my Mother; she died before my fourth birthday, according to Walker. He always said that she was an Omega Wolf, but we know that it was a lie. She was a Lycan and if I have to believe the information from Elder Jensen, she was a high-ranking Lycan.” Dallas whispers.“That is correct. Only a high-ranking female Lycan can produce a Wolf or a Lycan; any female Lycan of a lower rank than a Gamma will produce Wolves if her Mate is a Wolf.” Pearl confirms.“I haven’t taken the time to read the rest of the book that Elder Jensen gave me. Is there anything else I need to know about the difference between Wolves and Lycans?” I ask.Rayden points out the obvious differences: height, strength and speed. I already know those differences, but it's nice to hear him discuss them in detail.“There is a huge difference between them that Lycans d
Darius’ p.o.v.Dallas is snuggled up against my side, her legs tangled with Daxton’s, and we both smile at her soft, little snores.She barely slept last night because of this damn trial and it was clear that she was exhausted as we walked back to the SUVs. Her Squad had us all boxed in, ensuring that no one could reach their Captain if someone wanted to try something.“I like this new type of trial. I could have done without the news that the little Bitch is her half Sister.” Ruth says with a smirk on her face.Pearl turns around to look at Ruth, who is sitting in the row behind us with Rayden. Her eyes slowly move to Dallas and I can see the questions running through her mind.“Do you think her Mother was a Lycan?” Pearl suddenly asks and Preston swears as the words sink in.“She had to be; that Shithat is a Wolf.” Rayden responds. “The question is, what r
King Vaughn has had a nagging feeling in the back of his head; it started halfway through the trial, but he can’t wrap his head around it.“Dad, what is wrong?” Quinlan asks, knowing his Father is trying to piece something together.“I'm not sure; it's something I just can’t grasp yet. Perhaps, after we discuss this matter or after a good night’s sleep, I will understand what my mind is trying to tell me.” King Vaughn answers his Son.King Vaughn sits down at the head of the table in the meeting room. Every Elder quickly finds a seat because they are curious about their King’s thoughts on this trial; it is the first of its kind, after all.“Elders, you have asked me over the years to re-think our trials. I never felt the need to make a change because I felt that no Alpha would consider lying to me or twisting the truth. You all have Crown Prince Quinlan to thank for the change of heart; he felt that we