ALPHA STOLL’S POV: The old timers were waiting in the common room of the pack house when I returned to Nearside. It wasn’t unusual. They tended to hang out in the pack house, scaring everyone else away. They were bullies and the main source of conflict in my life. They undermined me at every opport
I lunged forward as soon as the barrier was in place and punched Adam in the face with all the emotion I had been holding inside for the past several hours. My hit knocked him out, and he dropped to the floor like a bag of dirt. I dropped to my knees, straddling his motionless body, and continued p
“But that shouldn’t be the focus.” “True.” If I wanted the respect of my pack, if I wanted to be worthy of the title and position, I needed to act like an Alpha. I needed to take care of my pack. I didn’t know if I had forgotten that, or if I never had the opportunity to think about it because I
“Are you going to implement capital punishment?” Donovan, one of the younger warriors, asked. His shoulder-length red hair was tied back in a ponytail. “There are laws and punishments in place already, including banishment and death for the worst crimes. Or I’ll make new laws and punishments, depen
ALPHA LEDGER’S POV: The day after the meeting of Alphas at New Dawn, I held a meeting of my own with my warriors. I gave them a rundown of what went on at New Dawn. While we were discussing things, all of our cell phones started vibrating with notifications. “Something must have happened,” I said,
“Alpha Valko mentioned something about that at the meeting last night,” I said. “He said it was likely people in all our packs had been abused by people in other packs. Alpha Knight of Moonlit told us his son, Xavier Knight, was abusing people. He took his canines and tied him to a silver pole after
ALPHA LEDGER’S POV: Over the next weeks, I interviewed everyone in my pack. No one had any run-ins with other packs. There weren’t many kids, but they were all strong and had the basics of self-defense. I was proud of my pack and proud of myself for helping them be strong. It made me realize I was
“You might get a second chance mate.” “Hmm. Unlikely.” “Well, my advice is to prepare for all possibilities. Maybe you can woo this Alpha. Help him accept the matebond. You don’t know what’s going on in his mind.” “Should I even be pursuing someone who won’t acknowledge me? What if he’s straight