BACK TO THIRD PERSON POV The next day, Thursday, Mr. Garrity had a helper summon Thea to his apothecary shop when she got home from school. Thea came immediately with the triplets and four Delta guards in tow. “Alphas, Luna,” Mr. Garrity said. “I have some mock-ups to show you.” “Excellent.” “L
“I will play around with antidote deliveries,” Mr. Garrity said. “I may be able to make a vaccine. Let me play around with it.” “Everyone, please keep this between us for now,” Thea said. “We don’t want it leaking to other packs that we’re preparing for war. We don’t need anyone suspicious of us.”
The next day, Friday, Davie brought his first choice for the bar manager to interview with Thea. They met at the coffee shop in the village after school. “Luna,” Davie said when they walked into the coffee shop. Thea stood up from the table she secured. “This is Quinn Alden of High Tide Pack. Quinn
Quinn took another drink. “After meeting you,” Quinn said. “Getting a feel for you personally, your business instincts, seeing your taste, what’s important to you, I’m not just intrigued. I’m a believer. Davie told me I’d be impressed. I didn’t expect to be. I think he undersold you.” “Oh, thank y
Thea went with her guards to the garage, and they drove to the gates. A group of people stood just outside the entrance. She recognized some of them from the conversation at lunch earlier that week. She approached them, Delta team flanking her. “We brought our families,” one of the girls she recogn
“I can see to that,” Quinn said. “At some point, I may send people your way to interview for jobs,” Thea said. “People who have recently joined my pack. If they aren’t a good fit, I’ll understand. I want the bar to run well, and they may not have the confidence. I want to build them up, but that’s
Saturday morning, Thea woke up to three identical faces staring at her. “Hi,” she said. Conri ran his fingers over the skin of her leg. Kai traced her collar bone, and Alaric caressed her bare belly. “How are you feeling?” Kai said. “Pretty good right now.” “How’s your energy?” Alaric said. “
It was a magnificent production of beautiful masterpieces. It started with Danse Macabre by Saint Saëns, followed by Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, then Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. The final piece before intermission was Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien. It was so moving, so expressive. Conri and T